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St.Vincent Health Poverty Experience. Presentation to the 9 TH Annual IRHA Public Policy Forum January 17, 2012 Afia Griffith, MPA, MA St.Vincent Health Community Development. St.Vincent Poverty Experience. St.Vincent Poverty Experience National and Local Stats.
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St.Vincent Health Poverty Experience Presentation to the 9TH Annual IRHA Public Policy Forum January 17, 2012 Afia Griffith, MPA, MA St.Vincent Health Community Development
St.Vincent Poverty ExperienceNational and Local Stats • 46.2 million Americans living in poverty (2010 US Census) • 16.3% of Hoosier’s living in poverty (2010 US Census) • “1 in 3 Americans is either poor or perilously close to it” NY Times opinion article The Poor, the Near Poor and You • 1 in 3 working families in the US despite working hard are struggling to meet basic needs.The Working Poor Families Project supported by Annie E. Casey, Ford, Joyce and Mott foundations
St.Vincent Poverty ExperienceSt.Vincent Health • St.Vincent Health sponsored by Ascension Health • 20 health ministries across Central and Southern Indiana • Care of persons living in poverty and the vulnerable • Over 9 years of simulations through our local St.Vincent Hospitals and Community Development department for community coalitions, nonprofit organization boards, university students, and other associations and conferences.
St.Vincent Poverty ExperienceHow was the simulation developed? • ROWEL Reformed Organization for Welfare Education Association, a Missouri organization of people with low incomes and their allies working together to inform the larger community about the inadequacies and injustices of the welfare system.
St.Vincent Poverty ExperienceHow does it work? • Requires 30-75 participants • 26 families with different profiles • 17 volunteers • Large room for vendor tables on the perimeter and families in the center • Approximately 3 hours
St.Vincent Health Poverty ExperienceParticipants making utility payments
St.Vincent Poverty ExperienceFamily waiting for transportation pass
St.Vincent Poverty ExperiencePolice officer handling conflict
St.Vincent Poverty ExperienceParticipants visiting the health clinic
St.Vincent Poverty ExperienceWho should participate? • Persons in position of influence who make decisions direct and indirect impact on persons living with low income • Legislators, government workers, community leaders, attorneys, educators, social service workers, healthcare workers…
St.Vincent Poverty Experience • Imitate real life • Altered by the user • On-line simulations and in-person simulations • Transportation Pass symbolic for gas, walking, taking the bus • Various responses to overwhelming circumstances similar conclusions
St.Vincent Poverty ExperienceDebriefing • The 6 D’s • Situational/Generational Poverty • Hidden Rules of class • Resources – mental, emotional, financial, spiritual, physical
St.Vincent Poverty ExperienceSt.Vincent Randolph Hospital • St.Vincent Poverty Experience at an economic vision conference • St.Vincent Randolph Hospital Community Health Needs Assessment • Community Priority – Addressing Poverty • RC EPIC - Randolph County Ending Poverty in the Community
Thanks! Any questions? My Contact: • Afia Griffith, St.Vincent Health Community Development • afia.griffith@stvincent.org • 317-338-8459