Wel elcoming g Commu munities? Immigrant Services in the Bay Area https://bimi.berkeley.edu/
Engagement Research Training • Go-to place for • Survey experiments, • Future experts & accurate legal info, network thought leaders information data, field research BIMI’s mission
The Cha he Challenge: e: Immigrants’ fear of government, including • service-seeking Increased poverty, more ethno-racial • diversity in suburbs BUT more limited tradition of community- • based service organizations
Our ur g goa oal: Incr crea ease e acces ess Generate evidence-based research to measure 1. CBO spatial inequality Educate decision-makers about spatial 2. deprivation Provide access-to-service information to 3. immigrants and others
Wha hat w we a e are e do doing: g: Gather data on where immigrants live and their characteristics (ACS) Build a database of immigrant serving organizations (legal aid & health)
Wha hat w we a e are e do doing: g: Gather data on Build a website where immigrants with interactive live and their maps visualizing characteristics the spatial (ACS) mismatch Build a database of Generate indices to immigrant serving quantify the organizations (legal mismatch aid & health)
Wha hat w we a e are e do doing: g: Gather data on Build a website where immigrants with interactive live and their maps visualizing characteristics the spatial (ACS) mismatch Build a service locator app for immigrants Build a database of Generate indices to immigrant serving quantify the organizations (legal mismatch aid & health)
Data: he heal alth c clinics cs Research 435 federally-funded health centers that are “community-based and consumer-run organizations that serve populations with limited access to health care.” Data source : Health Resources and Services Administration Data Warehouse (HDW) from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
American Community Survey (ACS) data: % non-citizen population • % foreign-born population • % recent immigrants • % foreign-born in poverty • % foreign-born without • health insurance % population with limited Health clinics in • English proficiency the Bay Area
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Research 10 cities with FEWEST health clinics per 1,000 non-citizens without health insurance > 0.1 clinics/1,000 people
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Data: legal al a aid clinics cs Research Database includes 93 legal aid clinics in the 9-County Bay Area offering legal aid to immigrant populations. Data sources : Immigrant Advocates Network (IAN), Recognized Organizations and Accredited Representatives Roster of The United States Department of Justice, Catholic Legal Immigration Network, One Degree
Research Interactive web map Filters: Services • Languages served • Service access support (e.g. • free services, hours open, etc.) Developing a spatial immigrant service deprivation index
Nex ext s steps Expand geographically ● Expand types of services ● Launch interactive web map ● Develop service deprivation index ● Study the impact of service deprivation on ● immigrant integration and well-being
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Acknowledgements This research was supported by CITRIS and the Banatao Institute and a UCB Collegium Grant. BIMI research UC Santa Cruz BIMI Collegium Project team: assistants: Fellows: research assistants: P.I. Prof. Irene Calvin Chan Arnold Foda Laura Barajas • • • • Bloemraad Erica Cho Valeria Mena Arabi Hassan • • • P.I. Prof. Veronica • Yasmine El Hage Carina Hernandez Jose Orellana • • • Terriquez Angelo Dagonel Tamara Jafar Angelina Santiago • • • Dr. Jasmijn Slootjes • Christopher Jared Semana Sarah Oshel • • • Dr. Patty Frontiera • Moreno Adriana Ramirez Lydia de la Riva • • Dr. Jon Stiles • Tommy Poa • Angelica Rodriguez • Angel Ross, PhD • Musab Reza • candidate
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