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Accessibility of Latino Social Service Organizations, Durham County

Accessibility of Latino Social Service Organizations, Durham County. Robert Albury , Michael Chasnow , Pavithra Kathanadhi , Haruna Suzuki, Emily Werder. Overview. Growing Latino immigrant community in the Triangle, interested in whether and how these groups can access social

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Accessibility of Latino Social Service Organizations, Durham County

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  1. Accessibility of Latino Social Service Organizations, Durham County Robert Albury, Michael Chasnow, PavithraKathanadhi, Haruna Suzuki, Emily Werder

  2. Overview • Growing Latino immigrant community in the Triangle, • interested in whether and how these groups can access social • services • Selected 15 social service agencies that cater to Latino • populations in Durham County • Analyzing 1)distribution of Latino population compared to • agency location, 2) accessibility via transit, and 3) barriers to • accessibility

  3. Latino Population Distribution

  4. Latino Population Concentrated in City Center, and Not Randomly!

  5. Agencies Located Near Latino Clusters

  6. Agencies are Near Bus Stops, and are Relatively Easy to Access Transit Accessibility to Agencies, Durham County

  7. Walker Accessibility: Room for Improvement

  8. Interim Conclusion and What’s Next • Agencies are relatively well-located, near concentration of • Latino population in Durham city center • Transit accessibility pretty strong – all 15 centers within a • quarter mile of multiple Durham Transit bus routes • Further Exploration: • What about populations not in the city center? • What about individual scale (e.g., disabilities, behavior), and • how do these individual characteristics affect barriers to • accessibility?

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