Your donation will help invest into RISE operations as we build foundation of an organization that aims to re-envision health care for newly arriving refugees and immigrants to achieve health equity.

The vision of Worcester RISE for Health is to see refugees and immigrants lead healthy and productive lives in the US and thrive physically, emotionally, socially, and economically.

The mission of Worcester RISE for Health is to build and provide effective, culturally-sensitive, trauma-informed and community-grounded healthcare interventions that eliminate barriers and help refugees and immigrants achieve health equity and self-sufficiency through innovation, co-location, capacity-building and collaboration.

Our goal is to provide the following services:

• Primary care
• Prenatal Care
• Mental health care
• Support groups
• Refugee and Immigrant Community Health Workers
• Education on health navigation
• Language interpretation and translation

• Cultural competency training for healthcare providers and other professionals

To achieve this goal we need to renovate our space to create medical offices which would be co-located with African Community Education program, ORIS, and other refugee serving organizations. To contribute to the capital campaign for medical space creation, please contact us at [email protected]

In the meantime, we are actively supporting new arrivals through culturally and linguistically congruent care coordination and health system navigation.

Currently RISE Community Health workers (CHW) and RISE medical team are supporting approximately 500 migrant arrivals sheltering in hotels of Worcester and surrounding towns. We identify those with medical needs, coordinate with our colleagues in existent healthcare facilities, help families navigate health insurance, get appointments and provide transportation. RISE CHWs speak Haitian-Creole, French and Spanish.

Services that will launch at the beginning of 2024:

Mental health

• Trauma informed therapy
• Non traditional groups for community building, trauma healing

Trainings, education and network development

• Refugee Mental Health education for behavioral health providers in Worcester
• Health system navigation education for new arrivals provided by CHWs
• Refugee and Immigrant specific CHW training