AdultsinPoverty

Thereare31,057adultsinUtahwhoreceive
public assistance and also received public
assistanceaschildren.

TheProblemofIntergenerationalPoverty
Theintergenerationalpoverty(IGP)cohortisasubsetofindividualsinpovertywhose
parentswerealsoeconomicallydisadvantaged. According to the U.S. Census,
there is a more equal distribution among men and women between the
ages of 21 and 43 living in poverty. However,themajorityofindividualswho
appearintheIGPcohortarewomen.
Many of these people have lower levels of educational attainment. One fifth of IGP adults
lack a high school diploma. This makes it very difficult to find stable attachment to the
labor force and to find employment that pays an adequate wage. The average annual
wage of the IGP adult cohort was a mere $11,506 in 2014 which is inadequate to rent the
average two-bedroom apartment in Utah, which requires $32,510.
Intergenerational poverty is also a greater detriment to the health of people who
experience it. 73 percent of IGP adults require medical assistance. Only 27 percent of
IGP adults received mental health services in 2014 and only 31 percent of the enrollees

experiencing intergenerational poverty utilized preventive care services and the percent
of visits decline with increasing age.

IGPStatistics

FamilyEconomicStability
StatisticsshowthatthelowfinancialstabilityIGPadultsface
In2014,theaveragewageforIGPadultswas$11,506roughly
onefourthofthe$42,184averagewageforallUtahns
33%ofIGPadultsworkedtheentireyearin2014
74% of IGP adults lack an education beyond high
school

Assistance

21% of Utah Adults Receiving Public Assistance are IGP adults.

31,057 IGP adults in Utah who receive public assistance.
Among the 7,158 adults who received public assistance in 2014 but not 2015, 60
percent had some employment in 2014 and obtained an average annual wage of
$22,856, which remains below the Federal Poverty Level (FPL) for a family of
four; only 11 percent left the cohort due to exceeding program income limits.

73%ofIGPadultsrequiremedicalassistance

84%ofIGPadultsareonfoodstamps

11%ofIGPadultshaverequiredhomelessservices

WhatcanPeopleHelpingPeopledo?
PeopleHelpingPeopleisanonprofitorganizationdedicatedtoreducingthenumberof
childrenlivinginpovertybyteachinglowincomewomen,primarilysinglemothers,how
toearnanadequateincomethroughstableemploymentthatpaysalivingwage.

PHP provides education and training to its clients, helping to decrease the 20%
of IGP adults without a high school education or equivalent. This is especially
important as in 2014 28% of IGP children did not graduate high school.

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.
Formoreinformationortosupportus,visithttp://www.phputah.org