CRMRI White Paper #3 August 7 State Refugee Services Indicators of Integration: How are the states doing? Marci Harris, Julia Greene, Kilee Jorgensen, Caren J. Frost, & Lisa H. Gren
State Refugee Services Indicators of Integration: How are the states doing? Marci Harris, Julia Greene, Kilee Jorgensen, Caren J. Frost, & Lisa H. Gren August, 7
Methods The Indicators of Integration used for this were found defined in the Indicators of Integration Final Report from the Home Office Development Practice Report (Ager & Strang, 4).
Agencies were identified on the Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) website Each state has a page that page lists the reported voluntary agency affiliates for that state Each agency was either linked to or googled to find the services offered The agency websites were looked through for services offered that matched one of the framework bubbles A google search refugee service (state name) was used to identify additional resources
Top States Taking in Refugees. California. Texas 3. New York 4. Florida 5. Arizona 6. Georgia 7. Michigan 8. Washington 9. Pennsylvania. Illinois. Texas. California 3. New York 4. Pennsylvania 5. Florida 6. Georgia 7. Michigan 8. Arizona 9. Washington. North Carolina. Texas. California 3. Michigan 4. New York 5. Pennsylvania 6. Georgia 7. Ohio 8. Florida 9. Arizona. Washington 3. Texas. California 3. Michigan 4. New York 5. Florida 6. Arizona 7. Ohio 8. Georgia 9. Pennsylvania. Illinois 4. Texas. California 3. New York 4. Michigan 5. Florida 6. Arizona 7. Ohio 8. Pennsylvania 9. Georgia. Illinois 5. Texas. California 3. New York 4. Arizona 5. Michigan 6. Ohio 7. Georgia 8. Pennsylvania 9. Illinois. Washington All reports were based off of ORR s Report to Congress each year.
These areas represent the critical factors in the integration process. The website often directly stated it offered these services. These areas are considered means markers because success is an indication of positive integration outcomes, assists with the wider integration process.
These States Do Not Have Identified Providers Arkansas Delaware Arkansas Connecticut Arkansas Connecticut Delaware Arkansas Delaware Mississippi Montana Wyoming Delaware Mississippi Montana New Mexico West Virginia Wyoming Indiana Louisiana Missouri Montana New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico North Dakota Oregon Montana New Mexico South Dakota West Virginia Wyoming Rhode Isl South Carolina South Dakota Wyoming
Connection s s s Together these areas stress the importance of relationships to the wider integration process. s are connections within a community defined by ethnicity, religion, or nationality, as examples s are connections with members of other communities s are connections with institutions, including local central government services Categorizing social bonds, social bridges, social links required matching services to the description on the Home Office Development Practice Report 4.
Connection These States Do Not Have Identified Providers Alabama Alaska Arkansas Colorado Delaware Georgia Indiana Iowa Kansas Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire Cont. New Jersey New Mexico North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Rhode Isl South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Vermont Virginia West Virginia Wyoming Orange text indicates one of the top states taking refugees Alabama Alaska Arkansas Colorado Connecticut Delaware Florida Georgia Hawaii Indiana Iowa Louisiana Maine Maryl Massachusetts Michigan Mississippi Cont. Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Jersey North Dakota Oklahoma Oregon Rhode Isl South Carolina South Dakota Texas Vermont Virginia Washington West Virginia Wyoming Alabama Alaska Arkansas California Delaware Montana Ohio Rhode Isl South Carolina South Dakota Vermont Virginia West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming
Language Cultural These areas represent the key facilitating factors for the integration process. Broader cultural knowledge than just English Language proficiency is important to integration. This includes knowledge of local national procedures, customs facilities, non-refugee knowledge of circumstances. Language services were often stated directly as being offered on websites, where safety stability required matching the description from the report. Part of the wider integration process includes safety stability which refers to the issue of continuity a sense of permanence. This is an important factor in helping people begin establishing relationships.
Language Cultural Arkansas Colorado Delaware Maryl Montana Oklahoma South Carolina Vermont Wyoming These States Do Not Have Identified Providers Orange text indicates one of the top states taking refugees Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Cont. Kentucky Maine Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina Cont. North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Pennsylvania Rhode Isl South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming
This area is the basis for expectations obligations of the integration process. This involves discussions around current policy developments in the area of citizenship education rights for refugees. This identifies how the ideas of citizenship rights impacts integration.
These States Do Not Have Identified Providers Maine Mississippi Montana New Jersey North Dakota Oklahoma South Carolina South Dakota Virginia Wyoming
How many states have the indicator services available? And what do the individual states look like?
The following slides provide a profile for each state The states are color-coded by region (see below) an orange star indicates a top receiving state between 5 Region Region Region 3 Region 4 Region 5 Region 6 Region 7 Region 8 Region 9 Region Bubble size is proportional to the number of providers offering each of the services
45 4 34 43 Connections 4 Language Cultural 6 5 35 Of the 5 States 4 have a provider for these services.
Alabama has Provider Connections 59 89 45 3 Other (combined to under 5) 4 7 5 5 Language Cultural
Alaska has Provider Connections 87 88 3 Other (combined to under 5) 4 4 5 46 Language Cultural
Arizona has Providers 9 7 8 Connections 4 3,4,68,34 3 3, 4,964 5 3,33 6 Language Cultural 7
Arkansas has Provider Connections 34 3 3 Other (combined to under 5) 4 7 5 3 Language Cultural
California has 7 Providers 5 7 9 8 Connections 8,577 4,987 5,74 3 6, 4 6,8 5 5,78 6 4 Language Cultural 8 8
Colorado has 5 Providers Connections,969,557,458 3, 4,83 5,73 Language Cultural
Connecticut has 3 Providers 3 Connections 56 447 434 3, 4 543 5 59 Language Cultural
Delaware has Provider Connections Language Cultural 6 6 49 3 Other (combined to under 5) 4 not included on report 5 9
Florida has 5 Providers 4 6 6 4,6,96,44 3 4, 4 3,59 5,48 Connections 8 Language Cultural 4 8
Georgia has 5 Providers 4 4 4 Connections 3 3,4,636,5 3 3, 4,694 5,889 3 Language Cultural
Hawaii has Provider Connections not included on report 3 Other (combined to under 5) 4 5 7 Language Cultural
Idaho has 8 Providers 5 4 7 4 Connections,9 73 87 3, 4 978 5 935 4 Language Cultural 3
Illinois has Providers 5 4 3 Connections 3,59,937,8 3, 4,578 5,658 Language Cultural
Indiana has 3 Providers 3 Connections,5,9,97 3, 4,63 5,793 3 Language Cultural
Iowa has 3 Providers 3 Educati on 3 Connections 359 33 43 3 Other (combined to under 5) 4 69 5 787 Language Cultural Rights Citizenshi p
Kansas has 4 Providers 4 3 3 Connections 3 97 37 384 3 Other (combined to under 5) 4 49 5 74 Language Cultural 3
Kentucky has 7 Providers 3 Connections,974,368,45 3, 4,849 5,99 3 Language Cultural
Louisiana has 3 Providers Connections 3 7 87 3 Other (combined to under 5) 4 5 35 Language Cultural
Maine has Provider Connections 33 97 3 3 Other (combined to under 5) 4 388 5 45 Language Cultural
Maryl has 7 Providers 3 3 3 4 Connections,84,83,39 3, 4,7 5,58 Language Cultural 4
Massachusetts has 9 Providers 4 4 3 3 Connections,93,548,54 3, 4,94 5,688 5 Language Cultural 6
Michigan has Providers 6 5 3 5 Connections 3,9,588 3,594 3 5, 4 4,6 5 3, 4 Language Cultural 5
Minnesota has 7 Providers 5 3 4 3 Connections,3,84,738 3, 4,3 5,9 3 Language Cultural 4
Mississippi has Providers Connections 8 8 3 Other (combined to under 5) 4 7 5 5 Language Cultural
Missouri has 5 Providers 3 3 Connections,76 94,65 3, 4,39 5,43 4 Language Cultural
Montana has Providers Connections Language Cultural not included in the report 3 Other (combined to under 5) 4 not included in the report 5
Nebraska has 5 Providers Connections 88 738 764 3, 4,76 5, Language Cultural
Nevada has Providers Connections 56 35 47 3, 4 569 5 6 Language Cultural
New Hampshire has Providers Connections 546 57 363 3 Other (combined to under 5) 4 345 5 446 Language Cultural
New Jersey has 4 Providers 3 Connections 795 383 79 3 Other (combined to under 5) 4 363 5 34 Language Cultural
New Mexico has Providers Educati on Connections Language Cultural 4 55 89 3 Other (combined to under 5) 4 63 5 7
New York has 7 Providers 9 8 9 4,559 3,59 3,58 3 4, 4 4,8 5 4,5 Connections 9 Language Cultural 6 5
North Carolina has Providers 8 8 5 6 Connections,34,8, 3, 4,443 5,475 5 Language Cultural 3
North Dakota has 3 Providers Connections Language Cultural 473 36 555 3 Other (combined to under 5) 4 58 5 497
Ohio has Providers 7 6 7,996,69,45 3 3, 4,85 5,989 Connections 7 Language Cultural 5 6
Oklahoma has Providers Connections Language Cultural 58 73 99 3 Other (combined to under 5) 4 389 5 479
Oregon has 3 Providers Connections,45 763 695 3, 4,9 5,9 Language Cultural
Pennsylvania has 4 Providers 9 7 5 8,63,97,89 3 3, 4,739 5,764 Connections 5 Language Cultural 3 6
Rhode Isl has Providers Connections 43 57 3 3 Other (combined to under 5) 4 88 5 85 Language Cultural
South Carolina has Providers Connections Language Cultural 3 4 35 3 Other (combined to under 5) 4 5 6
South Dakota has Providers Connections 555 49 646 3, 4 53 5 484 Language Cultural
Tennessee has 7 Providers 4 Connections,65,4,36 3, 4,467 5,53 Language Cultural
Texas has Providers 7 9 8 5 7,9 5,636 5,93 3 7, 4 7,4 5 7,479 Connections 8 Language Cultural 3 8
Utah has 9 Providers 6 4 5,8 838 94 3, 4,85 5,9 Connections 5 8 Language Cultural 5 5 5
Vermont has Provider Connections Language Cultural 3 36 35 3 Other (combined to under 5) 4 37 5 3
Virginia has 9 Providers 3 3 Connections,535,333,34 3, 4,3 5,3 Language Cultural
Washington has 9 Providers 9 7 4 6 Connections 6 3,4,37,64 3, 4,483 5,65 6 Language Cultural 8
West Virginia has Provider Educati on Connections 3 9 9 3 Other (combined to under 5) 4 8 5 3 Language Cultural
Wisconsin has 7 Providers 4 4 4 5 Connections 83 76 785 3, 4,3 5,45 3 Language Cultural
Wyoming has Providers Connections Language Cultural Note: Wyoming does not participate in refugee resettlement
The states with a above maybe included in an Other category, in the ORR report. This represents a combination of states with refugee arrivals of below 5. There were not individual number for those specific states.
Limitations There were three data abstractors on this project, categorizing social bonds, social bridges, social links, safety stability were not clearly listed on most of the organizations websites; this may have led to variation in identifying the services by category for each state. With all of the information being obtained through websites, there are most likely services that were missed. Many of the agencies listed are resettlement agencies resettlement agencies typically offer similar services however, if the organization s website did not specifically list the service, there is no way to prove that they provide that service.
References References https://www.acf.hhs.gov/orr/state-programs-annual-overview Ager, A. & Strang, A. (4). Indicators of Integration: Final Report. U.K. Home Office Development Practice Report #8. London: Home Office. http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/843/http://rds.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/pdfs4/dpr8.pdf https://mchdata.hrsa.gov/dgisreports/abstract/hrsaregionmap.htm Annual Reports https://www.acf.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/orr/fy arc_final.pdf https://www.acf.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/orr/fy orr_annual_report.pdf https://www.acf.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/orr/fy orr_report_to_congress_final_44.pdf https://www.acf.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/orr/arc_3_58.pdf https://www.acf.hhs.gov/orr/resource/fiscal-year-4-refugee-arrivals https://www.acf.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/orr/arc_5_final_58.pdf Graphic https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/file:blank_map_of_the_united_states.png