Poverty Simulation
Course | Registration opens 2/1/2027 8:00 AM EDT
Community Progress Council offers an interactive, hands-on Poverty Simulation that invites participants to step into the shoes of a specific person in a low-income family, and engage in short simulated “weeks” with real-time opportunities to get to work, care for your children, connect to resources, and navigate the unexpected. What’s it like to juggle finding work, paying rent and bills, affording child care—and lose your primary breadwinner? What’s it like to walk in the shoes of someone living in poverty?
Ruth Robbins
Ruth Robbins is the chief operating officer of Community Progress Council in York, Pennsylvania. With more than three decades of leadership experience in nonprofit and higher education organizations, Robbins oversees operations, facilities, technology, compliance, and strategic initiatives that advance the organization's mission of empowering individuals and families toward self-sufficiency.