Ontario Council of Agencies Serving Immigrants (OCASI): Research and Linking of Settlement and Housing Agencies for Newcomer Women

Eko Nomos and Associates worked with OCASI on a project designed to help settlement agencies and housing service agencies increase their effectiveness in supporting newcomers, in particular women and refugee claimants who face particular risk factors, by providing concrete strategies to improve the linkages within and between settlement agencies and between the settlement and housing sectors. Stronger linkages will benefit newcomers by  ensuring that they have better and timely access to reliable and culturally sensitive housing information, and that their housing needs and challenges will be identified and more effectively addressed before they become significant problems.