This lesson is an applied assessment that summarizes the receiving module. Participants create a spending plan for Ricardo and Camila Perez and their family. Then analyze how the family’s income and spending changes after an accident occurs that leaves a wage-earner unable to work. This applied assessment is set up similar to the Life In the United States Simulation.

Lesson Objectives

  • Assess how family, friends, nonprofits and government programs provide support in times of economic hardship
  • Identify government programs where individuals in need can receive income support
  • Consider how many programs are designed to provide income safety nets for temporary situations
  • Detail benefits of employment to individuals and families who receive government benefits

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