Title: English for speakers of other languages
Author: Worcester Regional Research Bureau
Publication: Worcester Regional Research Bureau Brief
Date: 2020
Description: The report examines the state of ESOL in Worcester, ESOL impacts and ESOL challenges.
https://www.wrrb.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/WRRB-ESOL-Brief-Final.pdf
Keywords: ESOL, ESL, classes, education, organizations, population, funding
Title: The changing city: Starting a conversation
Author: Worcester Regional Research Bureau
Publication: Worcester Regional Research Bureau Brief 14-04
Date: 2014
Description: The report examines changing demographic and language trends in the city of Worcester and asks questions about the effect on civic life in the city.
Keywords: demographics, demographic trends, population, immigrants, languages, schools, education, civic life
Title: Worcester’s demographic trends: 2010 Census
Author: Worcester Regional Research Bureau
Publication: Worcester Regional Research Bureau Report 13-01
Date: 2013
Description: The report uses 2010 census data to look at changes and trends in Worcester’s demographics.
https://www.wrrb.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/worcester-demographic-trends-2013.pdf
Keywords: population, demographics, U.S. Census, demographic trends
Title: Barriers to mental health services: Narratives from community stakeholders
Author: Torres Stone, Rosalie A.
Publication: 2017 Massachusetts Family Impact Seminar, The Mosakowski Institute for Public Enterprise
Date: 2017
Description: This brief and power point presentation highlight the challenges immigrant and refugee populations in particular have in accessing mental health services and offer policy recommendations to improve mental services and remove barriers to treatment.
http://www.purdue.edu/hhs/hdfs/fii/massachusetts-family-impact-seminar-8
Keywords: mental health services, stigma, cultural sensitivity
Title: The immigrant entrepreneur in Worcester
Author: Worcester Regional Research Bureau
Publication: Research Bureau Report 18-09
Date: November 2018
Description:
Keywords: entrepreneurs, immigrants, population
Title: The impact of the Great Recession on metropolitan immigration trends
Author: Singer, Audrey and Wilson, Jill H.
Publication: Metropolitan Policy Program at Brookings, State of Metropolitan America Series – Immigration
Date: 2010
Description: This report analyzes national and metropolitan immigration trends in the U.S. during the Great Recession of 2007 – 2009. The table in the appendix includes statistics on Worcester, MA.
Keywords: immigration trends, recession
Cataloged By: Selina Sikder / B.J. Perkins
Title: From ‘There’ to ‘Here’: Refugee resettlement in Metropolitan America
Author: Singer, Audrey and Wilson, Jill H.
Publication: Metropolitan Policy Program, Brookings Institution, Living Cities Census Series
Date: 2006
Description: This paper provides an overview of the refugee program in the United States and an analysis of refugee resettlement trends by decade, region, country of origin and US metropolitan distribution. Since the establishment of the Refugee Act of 1980, more than 2 million refugees have arrived in the United States and they have largely resettled in metropolitan areas with large foreign-born populations. This paper includes four brief case studies comparing the context of refugee resettlement in different metropolitan communities and the effect on refugee integration in the United States.
https://www.brookings.edu/research/from-there-to-here-refugee-resettlement-in-metropolitan-america
Keywords: resettlement, refugee integration
Cataloged By: Selina Sikder / B.J. Perkins
Title: Bureau Brief-Immigrants & refugees in Worcester
Author: The Worcester Regional Research Bureau
Publication: The Worcester Regional Research Bureau Brief 15-04
Date: 2015
Description: This research brief looks at the pattern of immigration to Worcester over time. It then discusses the role of the city in providing support and services to new immigrants and refugees and the challenges this entails.
Keywords: immigration trends, municipal services
Cataloged By: Selina Sikder / B.J. Perkins
Title: Potential demands for local agricultural products by mobile markets, Worcester, MA
Author: Reznickova, Alice and Zepeda, Lydia
Publication: Cooperative Agreement no. 14-TMXXX-WI-0033, Funded by USDA Agricultural Marketing Service
Date: 2016
Description: This report examines the extent to which mobile markets increase the sales of local farmers and improve access to fresh produce in Worcester, MA. To conduct their study, the authors conducted in-depth, semi-structured interviews with nine farmers and organizations in the area including the Regional Environmental Council, the Worcester County Food Bank, and refugee farmers.
Keywords: refugee farmers, community supported agriculture, urban agriculture
Cataloged By: B.J. Perkins
Title: The foreign-born population of Worcester, Massachusetts: Assessing the challenges and contributions of a diverse community
Author: Goodman, Michael D.; Borges, David R.; McCarthy, Michael P. ; Wright, Jason D. ; Mattos, Trevor V.; Foster, Jawanza ; Citino, Christina and Fenton, Molly
Publication: Prepared by the Public Policy Center at UMass Dartmouth and the UMass Donahue Institute for the Seven Hills Foundation.
Date: 2015
Description: This report offers a profile of Worcester’s foreign-born population and points out their unique challenges and contributions to the city. It utilizes data from the U.S. Census Bureau’s 5-year 2009-2013 American Community Survey (ACS) and Public Use Microdata Sample (PUMS). In order to provide a broader context for the profile, qualitative interviews with four Worcester based service providers were conducted. The report also provides an analysis of the impact the children of the foreign-born have on the public education system.
Keywords: census data, education
Cataloged By: Selina Sikder / B.J. Perkins