Do you have an image of what it means to live in poverty? Perhaps your image is

Do you have an image of what it means to live in poverty? Perhaps your image is formed by depictions in literature, on television, or in political rhetoric. Perhaps you have a personal experience with trying to live below the poverty line. If you don’t have personal experiences trying to “get by” below the poverty line, do you know where the poverty line lies? For this Discussion, you will visit the Economic Policy Institute to understand what it might take to make ends meet in your own family.
Begin by reading about the assumptions on which they base their calculations of a basic family budget.
Next, use their basic family budget calculator to find out what they would estimate it would cost your family size to live in your area.
Required Readings:
DiNitto, D. M., & Johnson, D. H. (2016). Social welfare: Politics and public policy (8th ed.). Boston, MA: Pearson.
• Chapter 4, “Ending Poverty: Is It an Issue Anymore?” (pp. 107–152)
• Chapter 5, “Preventing Poverty: Social Insurance and Personal Responsibility” (pp. 153–194)
Gould, E., Cooke, T., & Kimball, W. (2015). Ehat families need to get by: EPI’s 2015 family budget calculator. Economic Policy Institute. Retrieved from http://www.epi.org/publication/what-families-need-to-get-by-epis-2015-family-budget-calculator/ Next, you will use the calculator on this discussion, following the instructions found in the discussion.
Economic Policy Institute. (2016a). Basic family budget calculator- Introduction, mrthodology, and data download. Retrieved from http://www.epi.org/pages/budget_calculator_intro/
Economic Policy Institute. (2016b). Family budget calculator. Retrieved from http://www.epi.org/resources/budget/
U.S. Department of Health and human Services. (n.d.). Frequently asked questions related to the poverty guidelines and poverty. Retrieved September 12, 2017, from http://aspe.hhs.gov/poverty/faq.shtml#differences
Use APA 7th edition citation and references. Respond to the following:
• Describe the EPI’s estimation of what it costs your family to live in your area.
• Describe what you or your family would have to give up to live within the EPI’s budget.
• Explain how easy or hard it would be to give those things up.
• Determine if the definition of what constitutes poverty is realistic.
o For example, is the poverty line too low? Is it too high? How would your life change, and is it plausible to maintain key aspects of your life when living below the poverty line?

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