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    Wamego poverty simulation shines light on difficulties families face

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    By Rhonda Zellweger on September 22, 2022 K-State Activity, Local News, Pottawatomie County, Wamego
    Community members participate in a poverty simulation at Wamego High School, hosted by K-State's Pottawatomie County Research and Extension Office
    Community members participate in a poverty simulation at Wamego High School, hosted by K-State’s Pottawatomie County Research and Extension Office
    The K-State Research and Extension Office recently hosted a poverty simulation at Wamego High School.  Tuesday’s event, Living on the Edge – The Realities of Living Paycheck to Paycheck in Today’s World, was attended by about forty community members. Pottawatomie County Family Consumer Science Agent Erin Tynon explains. 
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    The decisions involved housing and utilities, clothing and laundry, meals, transportation, childcare, communications, personal care, recreation, and insurance. Each decision created decisions in other areas of the budget. If the family owned a used car, they had to use some of their budget for auto insurance. If they chose work-sponsored health insurance, they first had to obtain full-time childcare for the three-year-old. 
    Extension agents who were observing the discussions stopped at tables while holding paperwork at eye level which had a handwritten message, “ask me about help”, Tynon noted how the simulated families not looking up compared to the reality of struggling families.
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    Tynon says independence and determination also keep people from seeking assistance, because they’re so focused on getting through their situation. She agreed that recent economic changes have impacted families, forcing them to make even more difficult decisions. A surprise to most participants at the event is the time and effort required to get support. For example, the extensive 32-page DCF application that can only be completed online; and other nonprofit assistance agencies which require applications.
    For more information, and future events, go to: pottawatomie.k-state.edu

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    Rhonda is a retired public employee from Syracuse, New York; mom to two grown daughters; and a lifelong community volunteer. She was traveling in her camper after retirement when she discovered Kansas, then fell hard for the Flint Hills community. She bought a house in Manhattan, parked her camper, and KMAN taught the old dog new tricks. Being a reporter has only deepened her love of her new hometown. But, she thinks SU Basketball is the best. Go, ORANGE! contact her at: rhonda@1350kman.com

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