Places like settlement houses tried to Americanize the immigrants and they provided social services and a political voice for the neighborhoods. Settlement houses were community centers located in poor urban districts of major cities. Single and young women with college-educations usually ran them. Many people like the settlement house workers attempted to help the immigrants. Such people like case workers who were dedicated to studying and alleviating the conditions of the poor. Because immigrants were having a hard time fitting in to the culture, many