Fiscal Year 2019 Budget

Beginning July 1, 2018 and ending June 30, 2019

Last updated: 4/11/18

Immigrant Advancement

The Office for Immigrant Advancement aims at building partnerships with immigrant communities, assisting immigrants to participate in city government, providing cultural competence support for city departments so that they can better serve diverse linguistic and cultural constituents, increasing access to city services for immigrants, and developing leadership among Boston immigrant communities.


Alejandra St. Guillen, Manager, Organization 113100
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Immigrant Advancement - Appropriations

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title FY16 Expenditure FY17 Expenditure FY18 Appropriation FY19 Adopted Inc/Dec 18 vs 19
Personnel Services 366,514 348,469 406,737 433,666 26,929
Contractual Services 9,053 42,088 27,600 31,300 3,700
Supplies & Materials 5,281 6,184 4,700 6,000 1,300
Current Chgs & Oblig 515 2,543 900 950 50
Equipment 0 525 0 0 0
Other 0 0 0 0 0
Total 381,363 399,809 439,937 471,916 31,979

Immigrant Advancement
Performance Goals

Goal:

Empowerment-develop resources to build and strengthen immigrant organizations capacity

Measure FY16 Actual FY17 Actual FY18 Target FY19 Target
# of constituents reached via MOIA newsletter and website 26,994 20,000
# of constituents served with MOIA- facilitated grants (ENB, MOIA mini-grants, external funds) 5,085 1,380 1,500
# of programs developed in communities 24 6 10


Goal:

Engagement-Provide access to immigration information and community resources; Promote diversity and inclusiveness

Measure FY16 Actual FY17 Actual FY18 Target FY19 Target
# of community members engaged and reached at events/meetings/education workshops 2,125 2,000
# of community partners (community-based organizations, faith-based, higher ed, grantees, businesses, labor etc.) engaged and reached @ MOIA initiatives 63 290 200
# of constituents contacts (emails, calls, walk-ins) 992 793 1,000
# of events/meetings/education workshops/presentations hosted by MOIA 87 164 100
# of immigrants served @ twice-monthly immigration clinics, annual citizenship day, and citywide screening clinics 694 735 906 1,000
# of materials distributed @ city departments, community events, immigrant information corners, immigration clinincs, presentations etc 3,410 12,000
# of social media hits (twitter and facebook) 396,756 1,079,038 1,500,000
# of traditional media stories (mainstream, ethnic, local TV/radio, print) 96 71 100
Change in average # of community members engaged and reached at events/meetings/education workshops 10 10


Goal:

Immigrant integration - Collaboration with city departments to improve access to city services

Measure FY16 Actual FY17 Actual FY18 Target FY19 Target
# of collaborations with city departments 124 312 350
growth in # of collaborations with city departments 10 10