Two Cape Cods: Hidden Poverty on the Cape and Islands - Part 20
Series: Two Cape Cods: Hidden Poverty on the Cape and Islands
From: WCAI / WNAN
Length: 00:05:18
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Two Cape Cods: Hidden Poverty on the Cape and Islands - Part 11
(00:04:59)
From: WCAI / WNAN
Meals on Wheels on the Vineyard: Much of the world knows Martha's Vineyard as a rich person's playground, but many locals are struggling to find adequate food and shelter.
Two Cape Cods: Hidden Poverty on the Cape and Islands - Part 10
(00:04:04)
From: WCAI / WNAN
Stressed Out in Eastham: According to a survey conducted by Barnstable County last year, 80% of the most needy households on the Cape wrestle with stress and anxiety.
Two Cape Cods: Hidden Poverty on the Cape and Islands - Part 9
(00:05:02)
From: WCAI / WNAN
The Winter Rental Shuffle in Sandwich: With off-season rental-housing prices skyrocketing, where are the working poor expected to look for shelter?
Two Cape Cods: Hidden Poverty on the Cape and Islands - Part 8
(00:04:51)
From: WCAI / WNAN
Homeless in Hyannis Part 2: Shelters housed more than 500 homeless people last year. But untold others live on friends' couches, in motel rooms, and in tents in the woods.
Two Cape Cods: Hidden Poverty on the Cape and Islands - Part 7
(00:05:04)
From: WCAI / WNAN
Homeless in Hyannis Part 1: Shelters housed more than 500 homeless people last year. But untold others live on friends' couches, in motel rooms, and in tents in the woods
Two Cape Cods: Hidden Poverty on the Cape and Islands - Part 6
(00:04:34)
From: WCAI / WNAN
Free and reduced lunch program statistics in Dennis indicate that there may be no accurate way to measure poverty.
Two Cape Cods: Hidden Poverty on the Cape and Islands - Part 12
(00:05:08)
From: WCAI / WNAN
Elderly Poor in Harwich: The ever-rising costs of living means that for a growing number of seniors, retirement has not been the life of leisure they may have expected.
Two Cape Cods: Hidden Poverty on the Cape and Islands - Part 13
(00:05:07)
From: WCAI / WNAN
Wampanoag in Mashpee: Of the 350 Wampanoag living in Mashpee today, 90% live from paycheck to paycheck, undeniably poor.
Two Cape Cods: Hidden Poverty on the Cape and Islands - Part 14
(00:04:52)
From: WCAI / WNAN
Youth Flight in Falmouth: If the next generation of teachers, nurses, and firefighters can't make the Cape their home, then who will serve and take care of the people who can?
Two Cape Cods: Hidden Poverty on the Cape and Islands - Part 15
(00:04:58)
From: WCAI / WNAN
Empty Nets in Provincetown: Cape Cod, a land named for its bounty of fish, doesn't have many commercial fishermen left.
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Those who serve Cape Cod's poor are the first to point out that behind the veil of the affluent summer paradise we all recognize, hides a community that continually struggles to make ends meet. This duPont-Columbia Award-winning series examines the unique factors that contribute to persistent and hidden poverty throughout the Cape and Islands region. This story wraps up the series and takes a look at the road ahead.
Transcript
It's summer on Cape Cod, the beaches are open, the tourists have arrived and the stores are bustling. But when the cooler months return, things will change. There'll be both less traffic and fewer jobs, and the struggle of the Cape's working class will continue.
This story is the final installment of our series Two Cape Cods: Hidden Poverty on the Cape and Islands.
Thirty-four-year-old Amy Trowbridge thought she knew what she was getting into when she moved to the Cape six years ago to live with her retired mother in Yarmouth. She visited here in the summers as a child, so she figured she had a good sense of what life would be like living on Cape year-round. But she was wrong.
Amy Trowbridge: "I've lived pretty close to poverty for awhile. I mean, I haven't made enough money to live out on my own for some time. Sometimes it's been hand to mouth, financially. I've had to find cre...
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