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Approximately 15% of children in Utah live in poverty, and 31% of these children are at risk of being stuck in poverty as adults. Poverty has negative impacts on children's education and development that can perpetuate a cycle of intergenerational poverty. Key factors like lower educational attainment, single-parent households, abuse, and lack of health care or food security contribute to this cycle. The non-profit People Helping People works to reduce child poverty by teaching job skills and helping single mothers find stable employment, with over 60% of participants no longer needing assistance and over 90% obtaining health insurance or stable jobs.

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Approximately 15% of children in Utah live in poverty, and 31% of these children are at risk of being stuck in poverty as adults. Poverty has negative impacts on children's education and development that can perpetuate a cycle of intergenerational poverty. Key factors like lower educational attainment, single-parent households, abuse, and lack of health care or food security contribute to this cycle. The non-profit People Helping People works to reduce child poverty by teaching job skills and helping single mothers find stable employment, with over 60% of participants no longer needing assistance and over 90% obtaining health insurance or stable jobs.

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ChildreninPoverty

Approximately 15% of Utah children are


livinginpoverty.Ofthese,31%areatrisk
ofremaininginpovertyasadults.

TheProblemofIntergenerationalPoverty
Poverty has significantimpacts onachilds educationand development,which have
consequencesthatcarryintoadulthood.Theseresultingeducationalanddevelopmental
disadvantagesperpetuatethecycleofintergenerationalpoverty(IGP).
Educationlevelisakeyfactorincontinuingthiscycle.BecauseIGPchildrenareless
likelytograduatehighschool,theyaremorelikelytocontinuetheireconomicstatusas
adults. Thislackofeducationlimitstheirabilitytofindstable,fulltimeemployment,
increasingthelikelihoodthattheirchildrenwillberaisedinpoverty.
Other key factors in perpetuating poverty stem from a childs home environment.
Childreninpovertyaremorelikelytobeabused.Theyarealsomorelikelytobecome
depressed, develop alcoholism, and participate in criminal activity as adults. These
adults are often found to have reduced social and economic mobility and frequently

demonstratecognitiveandbehavioralimpairmentsresultingfromstressesandchallenges
presentedintheirearlyhomelife.

IGPStatistics

Education
Statisticsshowthatatriskchildrentendtounderperforminacademics

Childreninpooreconomicconditionsscored21%lowerinlanguageskillsand
28%lowerinmaththanstandardizedtestaverages.

Only72%ofeconomicallydisadvantagedchildren,andonly57%ofIGPstudents
areexpectedtograduatehighschool

Adultswithlowereducationalattainmentearnanaverageof$11,506annually,
onlyonefourthofUtahsaveragewages

Development
StatisticsrevealtheprevalenceofstressfulhomeenvironmentsIGPchildrenencounter

61%ofIGPchildrenliveinasingleparenthousehold

26%ofchildreninpovertyarevictimsofabuseandneglectthismaybeashigh
as35%inIGPchildren

39%ofadultswhoexperiencedabuseaschildrenhavecommittedabusiveacts
themselves

93.8%ofIGPchildrenreceivemedicalbenefits

91.8%ofIGPchildrenareonfoodstamps

WhatcanPeopleHelpingPeopledo?

PeopleHelpingPeopleisanonprofitorganizationdedicatedtoreducingthenumberof
childrenlivinginpovertybyteachinglowincomewomen,primarilysinglemothers,how
toearnanadequateincomethroughstableemploymentthatpaysalivingwage.

Through our Employment Strategies Network and Womens Professional


Networkprograms,wehelpwomenescapethepovertycyclewith63%and96%
of women in the respective programs no longer requiring assistance. These
womencangoontoprovidestablehomeenvironmentsforchildren.

56% of Phase 3 participants and 96% of Phase 4 graduates receive health


insurancefromtheiremployers,meaningfewerchildrenrequiremedicalbenefits.

With96%ofPhase4graduatesobtainingstableemployment,wehelpUtahmeet
its10yeargoalofhavingatriskchildreninselfsufficientfamilies.

Thestableemploymentthatourprogramgraduatesenjoy,alongwith19%of
graduates being able to purchase a home, further assists in healthy childhood
developmentforchildrenofparticipants.
Formoreinformationortosupportus,visithttp://www.phputah.org

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