English for Speakers of Other Languages

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

The Changing City: Starting a Conversation

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.

https://www.wrrb.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/WRRB-Bureau-Brief-The-Changing-City-November-2014.pdf

Keywords: demographics, demographic trends, population,  immigrants, languages, schools, education, civic life

Worcester’s Demographic Trends: 2010 Census

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

 

Barriers to Mental Health Services: Narratives from Community Stakeholders

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

 

 

 

The impact of the Great Recession on metropolitan immigration trends

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.

https://www.brookings.edu/research/the-impact-of-the-great-recession-on-metropolitan-immigration-trends

Keywords: immigration trends, recession

Cataloged By: Selina Sikder / B.J. Perkins

From ‘There’ to ‘Here’: Refugee resettlement in Metropolitan America

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

Bureau Brief-Immigrants & refugees in Worcester

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.

http://www.wrb.org

Keywords: immigration trends, municipal services

Cataloged By: Selina Sikder / B.J. Perkins

Potential demands for local agricultural products by mobile markets, Worcester, MA

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

The foreign-born population of Worcester, Massachusetts: Assessing the challenges and contributions of a diverse community

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.

https://donahue.umass.edu/our-publications/foreign-born-population-of-worcester-ma-assessing-the-contributions-of-a-di

Keywords: census data, education

Cataloged By: Selina Sikder / B.J. Perkins