The Community Action Partnership (CAP) of Lancaster County’s poverty simulation is a series of role-playing scenarios that give participants the opportunity to learn about the realities of poverty and its effects. Individuals adopt a new persona and a family profile that they must live with for the duration of the exercise. They must navigate through daily tasks that many of us take for granted. During four 15-minute “weeks”, those assigned adult roles try to maintain their home, feed their families, send their children to school, and maintain utility services while trying to navigate local support and resources.