As used in this chapter:

(1)  “Cycle of poverty” or “poverty cycle” means the set of factors or events by which the long-term poverty of a person is likely to continue and be experienced by each child of the person when the child becomes an adult unless there is outside intervention.

Terms Used In Utah Code 35A-9-102

  • Department: means the Department of Workforce Services created in Section 35A-1-103. See Utah Code 35A-1-102
  • Person: means :Utah Code 68-3-12.5
  • Poverty: means the state of a person who lacks a usual or socially acceptable amount of money or material possessions as demonstrated by the person's income level being at or below the United States poverty level as defined by the most recently revised poverty income guidelines published by the United States Department of Health and Human Services in the Federal Register. See Utah Code 35A-9-102
  • Situational poverty: means temporary poverty that:
(a) is generally traceable to a specific incident or time period within the lifetime of a person; and
(b) is not continued to the next generation. See Utah Code 35A-9-102
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes a state, district, or territory of the United States. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
  • United States: includes each state, district, and territory of the United States of America. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
  • (2) 

    (a)  “Intergenerational poverty” means poverty in which two or more successive generations of a family continue in the cycle of poverty and government dependance.

    (b)  “Intergenerational poverty” does not include situational poverty.

    (3)  “Poverty” means the state of a person who lacks a usual or socially acceptable amount of money or material possessions as demonstrated by the person’s income level being at or below the United States poverty level as defined by the most recently revised poverty income guidelines published by the United States Department of Health and Human Services in the Federal Register.

    (4)  “Situational poverty” means temporary poverty that:

    (a)  is generally traceable to a specific incident or time period within the lifetime of a person; and

    (b)  is not continued to the next generation.

    Enacted by Chapter 185, 2012 General Session