The Cost of Living According to the EPI

• 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?