Join us for Garfield County COPE, a Poverty Immersive Experience

815 Cooper Avenue,Glenwood Springs CO 81601

17 February, 2023

Description

In USA, 37 million people, including 1 in 6 children, live at or below the poverty line. These numbers should disturb us, yet statistics can have a numbing effect. The Cost of Poverty Experience is a 2.5 hour immersive experience that gives you the opportunity to gain a glimpse into the lives of families in our communities that face poverty every day. Many organizations and communities across the nation use COPE to work more effectively with low-income families. COPE gives participants and volunteers an opportunity to experience poverty firsthand through the eyes of real families. The experiential nature of this training helps organizations and communities more deeply understand the complexities of poverty, paving the way for addressing the issues of poverty more comprehensively. COPE is a tool that will help your team: • Deepen their understanding of the realities of poverty in America. • Improve practices and approaches to better engage low-income individuals and their families. • Build partnerships with the broader community to improve outcomes for low-income families. Excerpt from thinktank-inc.org, the Creators of COPE.