A Collaborative Project on Integration. Each site will receive a financial award as well as assessment, analysis, training and technical assistance.
Civic participation is a critical element in each project.
Yet all three have unique, innovative, approaches to the integration of their refugee and immigrant populations. Lowell, for example, emphasizes early economic self-sufficiency for newcomers. Nashville focuses on workforce and business development. In Portland, established refugees mentor those who have arrived more recently. Immigrant Policy Project serves as the overall project manager and coordinates the research and technical assistance activities.