Poverty Simulator

SIMULATION PURPOSE

  • Experience what living as an ALICE household means today in Marshall County.
  • See how inflation is creating impossible choices. Food or healthcare? On a tight family budget, with costs of living increasing, those are the decisions that must be made.
  • Understand how United Way fights for the health, education, and financial stability of every person in Marshall County.

Make 1 Choice For Each:

  • Housing
  • Healthcare
  • Food
  • Transportation
  • Technology
  • Child Care
  • Utilities
  • Spending Money
     

15 Credits & 8 Decisions

  • Your 15 credits is your household budget for the month.
  • You will have options worth between 1 and 3 credits for each of the 8 categories.
  • Will you have 1 meal a day or 3? Have reliable transportation or not? Dependable childcare so you can work?
  • Inflation means your credits (dollars) don't stretch as far as you need.
  • Let's see what you decide.

Family of 4

YOUR MONTHLY INCOME COMES IN THE FORM OF 15 CREDITS

Two Parents, Two Kids
HOUSING - SELECT ONE

HEALTH CARE - SELECT ONE

FOOD PER PERSON - SELECT ONE

TRANSPORTATION - SELECT ONE

TECHNOLOGY ACCESS - SELECT ONE

CHILD CARE - CHOOSE ONE

UTILITIES - CHOOSE ONE

SPENDING MONEY - CHOOSE ONE

Remaining Credits

Housing1


Housing2


Housing3


Health1


Healthcare2


Healthcare3


Food1


Food2


Food3


Transportation1


transportation2


transportation3

 

technology1


technology2


technology3


Childcare 1


childcare2


Childcare3


Utility1


Utility2


Utility3

 

Spending1


Spending2


Spending3


15

You are OUT OF CREDITS!