Refugees in Vermont 2014: Transportation Challenges and Recommendations
This section presents the results of seven specific challenges regarding transportation for recently arrived refugees in Vermont. It builds on several community-based surveys conducted by the PI on gaps and barriers identified by members of both the refugee and service provider communities. This is part of an ongoing effort to build and share knowledge regarding problems, solutions, and approaches to solving these issues for better resettlement outcomes. Seven groups of Master of Public Administration graduate students (4 in the spring of 2013 and 3 in the spring of 2014) set out to investigate one specific problem regarding refugee transportation. They interviewed service providers, transportation agencies, refugees themselves, and other stakeholders.
The specific issues addressed during the course of these studies are the following:
- Access to Employment
- Access to Essential Services
- Medicaid Bus Pass System
- Driver’s Licenses and CarShare
- Refugee Transportation Support
- Transportation and Childcare
- Developing a Transportation Toolkit