George and Kathleen Sayler struggle to map out a plan to make ends meet during a poverty simulation game by the Community Action Partnership Tuesday. The Cost of Poverty Experience is a training tool where participants learn to empathize with people living below the poverty line where daily struggles can become a stressful crisis.
May 24, 2023
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May 24, 2023 1:09 a.m.
Pretend poverty, real struggles
Cost of Poverty Experience simulates social services challenges
George and Kathleen Sayler were stressed out. The couple struggled at every step Tuesday during the Cost of Poverty Experience, a simulation organized by the Community Action Partnership at the First Presbyterian Church in Coeur d’Alene.