IntergenerationalPoverty

Approximately 33% of Utahs total child

population experience Intergenerational
Poverty, with 89% of these children
experiencingthisatage12oryounger.

The Problem of Intergenerational Poverty

Intergenerational poverty (IGP) is the protracted experience of poverty over multiple
generations. It is a serious economic as well as social issue, which unfortunately
permeates society throughout the United States of America. In Utah alone, the average
wage for adults was one-fourth the average wage for all Utahns, despite one third of
adults working the entire year. Three-fourths of people experiencing intergenerational
poverty lack an education beyond high school, and one-third experienced abuse or
neglect as children. These problems, in conjunction with a myriad of others, compound
on each other to prolong and intensify the tragic effects of intergenerational poverty. The
most at risk group, and the focus of PHPs assistance, are children. Children are the
future, and the sad reality is that a third of Utahs entire child population are experiencing
poverty, with 89% of them experiencing poverty before the age of 12. Many of these
children are at risk of much more than poverty, as many of them are subject to abuse and
inadequate medical and nutritional assistance. This leads to a higher likelihood of
developing both substance and behavioral problems that affect the rest of their lives.

IGPStatistics
EducationandEmployment

ThegraduationrateforthoseintheIGPcohortisonly57%

74%ofIGPadultslackaneducationbeyondhighschool

TheaverageannualwageforIGPindividualswasonly$11,506in2014

Only33%ofIGPworkersstayedemployedfortheentireyearin2014

HomeLife

76%ofIGPwomenaremothers

Lessthan10%ofpregnantIGPwomenreceiveprenatalcare

Assistance

78%oftheIGPcohorthasutilizedpublicassistancefor8yearsormore

73%ofIGPadultsrequiremedicalassistance

84%ofIGPadultsareonfoodstamps

11%ofIGPadultshaverequiredhomelessservices

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
childrenlivinginpovertybyteachinglowincomewomenandmen,butprimarilysingle
mothers,howtoearnanadequateincomethroughstableemploymentthatpaysaliving
wage.

Through our Employment Strategies Network and Womens Professional

Networkprograms,wehelpwomenescapethepovertycyclewith63%and96%
ofwomenintherespectiveprogramsnolongerrequireassistance.Thesewomen
cangoontoprovidestablehomeenvironmentsforchildren.

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

insurancefromtheiremployers,meaningfewerchildrenrequiremedicalbenefits.

With96%ofPhase4graduatesobtainingstableemployment,wehelpUtahmeet
its10yeargoalofhavingatriskchildreninselfsufficientfamilies.

The stable employment that our program graduates enjoy, as well as 19% of
graduates being able to purchase a home, further assists in healthy childhood
developmentforchildrenofparticipants.

44%ofparticipantshavepaidofftheirdebt.

35%ofgraduateswereabletopurchaseanewcar,and19%wereabletobuya
newhome

23%ofgraduateshavegoneontoattainhighereducation.

Eachlowincomewomanwetransitionfromwelfaresavesthecommunity$5000
20000annually,andhassavedtaxpayersover$24Million.

Formoreinformationortosupportus,visithttp://www.phputah.org