Weber County partners with WGU to address intergenerational poverty
“Intergenerational poverty is thought to have many roots. The Weber Prosperity Center of Excellence addresses the cycle of poverty through a ‘child-centric approach with two-generational strategies,’ using resource integration coaches, expands families’ access to resources through partnerships, builds family resilience, and works to increase educational attainment for parents to help provide future opportunities for their children.
‘We started with the concept of: How do we introduce post-secondary opportunities to families that may never have considered this as an option for themselves? And how do we introduce it to third graders, fifth graders and seventh graders, so that they can have an eye towards post-secondary and not remaining in poverty?’ Freigang said.”