The U.S. government provides funding for refugee resettlement on a programmatic basis, compelling social service organizations to provide services in the same way. This approach places limitations on which of the client’s true needs can be met and hinders the client’s integration into society. Ascentria Care Alliance recognizes this problem and wants to find a better way to serve their clients. Consequently, Ascentria asked us to create a tool to track a refugee client’s level of success in integration. We discovered four indicators of success for refugee clients, which directly influenced the tool that we developed for Ascentria. We recommend that Ascentria utilize this tool to collect information and statistics regarding refugee needs and improve Ascentria’s ability to serve its clients.

• This report represents the work of one or more WPI undergraduate students submitted to the faculty as evidence of completion of a degree requirement. WPI routinely publishes these reports on its website without editorial or peer review.

Creator

• Dyer, Haley Marie
• Young, Brent Jeffery
• Seymour, Rebecca Lyn
• Charland, Zachary Joseph

Subject

• Community
• Well-Being
• Culture

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-121714-152913

Palabra Clave

• Refugees
• Application software--Development

Advisor

• Ogilvie, Anne
• Dehner, Corey

Year

• 2014

Center

• Worcester Community Project Center (Massachusetts) - IQP

Sponsor

• Ascentria Care Alliance

Date created

• 2014-12-17

Ubicación

• Worcester

Resource type

• Interactive Qualifying Project

Rights statement

• In Copyright