Community Geography Project
Oregon Child Development Coalition/Cleveland High School
Assessing the Accessibility of Services for Hispanic Populations
in Outer Washington & Multnomah Counties
by Jose Munoz & Maritza Gonzalez
OCDC Families Near to Services and Far from Services.
Through analyzing the data we determined that 30% of OCDC families are within .5-mile walking distance of Hispanic services. The remaining 70% are would have to walk more than .5 miles or use some other form of transportation. (see chart)
OCDC Clients in proximity to bus lines.
After looking at the data provided and the maps made with that data, we see that the 40% of the OCDC clients are within in .25 miles from a bus line. To reach any of the services many families will have to walk for some distance and then take more than one bus. Another 10% of the OCDC clients are located between .25 miles (see chart) and .5 miles (see chart) of a bus line. The remaining 50% live outside the .5-mile. Most of these families live outside the urban metro area.
Proximity of OCDC Clients to Health Care Services.
When looking at the map it is clear that the health service centers are well located where clusters of OCDC clients live. This is especially true in areas like: Cornelius, Forest Grove, Hillsboro, Gresham, and Troutdale. However there are a number of OCDC clients that live outside of the urban metropolitan area. These families don't have as easy access to the Hispanic health services. An idea for helping these families might be to provide transportation to give them better access to health services.
Proximity of OCDC Clients to Support Services.
By examining the map you are able to appreciate that there are support services in the areas of: Forest Grove, Cornelius, and Hillsboro and a few in Portland where many OCDC families live. However there is a lack of services in Gresham where a large number of OCDC clients live. There are services in other places like Beaverton but there aren't any OCDC clients living near by. There are many families outside the urban area who don't have easy access to any of the support services.
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