RRSC: Refugee Resettlement in Small Cities University of Vermont & State Agricultural College Search Main menu Skip to primary content Home About Why Small Cities Impact on Host Communities Impact on Refugees Parallel Sites & Related Studies UVM Refugee Research Network Glossary of Terms Additional Information & Documents Home This site reports on a 4-year study on refugee resettlement in small and mid-size cities across the US. Funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF Award#1359895), our project seeks to answer three questions: 1) Why are refugees being placed increasingly in small to mid-size cities (rather than the traditional gateway cities) in the US? What are their patterns of settlement? 2) What are the impacts on refugees of being placed in these locations? What are their outcomes when it comes to jobs, education, housing, transportation, healthcare, and civic engagement? 3) What are the impacts of refugees on these new host communities? LOOKING DOWN NORTH ST WITH A MURAL ON THE SIDE OF THE MAWUHI AFRICAN MARKET IN BURLINGTON’S OLD NORTH END. THE MURAL IS OF AN AKWAABA, A SYMBOL OF WELCOME IN GHANA AND WEST AFRICAN CULTURE. Through a series of different qualitative methods — interviews with key stakeholders, surveys with refugees on their aspirations and their outcomes, workshops and focus groups with new and older residents alike, and a variety of mapping exercises — we seek to answer these questions to hopefully strengthen and improve refugee resettlement across the country. ANNOUNCEMENTS April 2021: Report on the refugee community’s food security during the pandemic– RRSC–PR14: Refugee Communities in Vermont and Food Security in Response to COVID-19 March 2021: Report on the use of telehealth in response to COVID-19– RRSC–PR13: Telehealth Experiences & Access Report 2021 January: 2021: Report on childcare needs within the local refugee community– RRSC–PR12: Refugee Childcare Needs & Careers Report 2021 December 2020: Dr. Pablo Bose discusses his latest book on refugee resettlement– Refugees in new locations and destinations: lifelines and backlashes January 2020: Preliminary report on our study of New American employment in Vermont– RRSC–PR11: New American Employment Experience in Vermont (Preliminary Report) August 2019: Project update on RRSC key findings and project outcomes– RRSC-PU5: Key Findings January 2019: Project report analyzing recent resettlement policies in the Nordic region– RRSC-PR10: Refugee Resettlement in the Nordic Region: Effects of the 2015 Migrant Crisis and Parallels with the United States August 2018: Project report reviewing the US’s recent cuts to the TPS program– RRSC-PR8: Changes to the Temporary Protected Status Program in the United States August 2018: Project report examining Canada’s approach to Syrian refugee resettlement – RRSC-PR9: Syrian Refugee Resettlement in Canada Proudly powered by WordPress