Immigrant Support Atlas

Foreign-born share over time

How the immigrant share of the population shifts across the country. Press play to animate. Source: US Census ACS 5-year.

Access to immigrant-serving organizations

Spatial access by the enhanced two-step floating catchment area method (E2SFCA). Darker green = better access; orange = a service desert (people who need it, but no organization within reach); gray = no foreign-born population. Source: org locations + US Census ACS 2023.

Immigrant Policy Inclusion Index

How inclusive each state’s policies are toward immigrants, across seven domains: health coverage, language access, higher education, identification, integration & licensure, legal protection, and economic inclusion. Darker green = more inclusive; orange/red = more restrictive or limited. Click any state for its full profile.

Immigrant–Native Disparity Index

Standardized gaps between foreign-born and US-born residents (uninsured, crowded housing, rent burden, education, home internet, vehicle access, homeownership) from US Census ACS. Green = smaller gaps; red = larger gaps. This is an outcome measure, separate from the Policy map: it describes how immigrant and US-born residents differ, and is shaped by who has immigrated where (recency and composition), not by state policy alone. Click any state for its full profile.

English assimilationism

Project Implicit is a self-selected volunteer sample, not a representative survey; within each area, respondents are reweighted to the Census population by age, sex, race and ethnicity, and citizenship. Higher = less welcoming. Areas with too few respondents are left blank. See the note below for the exact survey item. Source: Project Implicit 2023-2025.

Immigrant attitudes

Project Implicit is a self-selected volunteer sample, not a representative survey; within each area, respondents are reweighted to the Census population by age, sex, race and ethnicity, and citizenship. Higher = less welcoming. Areas with too few respondents are left blank. See the note below for the exact survey item. Source: Project Implicit 2023-2025.

Afghan American Womens Association

7004 HIGHLAND MEADOWS CT, ALEXANDRIA, VA 22315-3963

Afghan American Womens Association is a nonprofit organization in Alexandria, Virginia that serves immigrants and refugees.

A-AWA serves the Afghan-American community (with a focus on women and youth) in the Washington DC metro area through refugee resettlement, job-search and case-management support, translation, emergency aid, a youth cultural group, and women's-rights advocacy.

Services

Read from the organization's website.

  • Advocacy / policy: “A-AWA has advocated for peace and perseverance of human rights/women rights in Afghanistan through several media campaigns, and petitions, reaching out to the US Congress, UN, EU, NATO, and US Government”
  • Case management: “help with family's needs related to school issues, housing application, translation, cultural interpretations, parenting, budgeting, job search, health and nutrition”
  • Cultural programming: “A-AWA announces upcoming Annual Event Join us for A-AWA’s highly anticipated Annual Event, celebrating Afghan heritage and community support.”
  • Emergency / basic needs: “A-AWA proudly delivered essential aid to Afghan families in need, ensuring support reaches the most vulnerable.”
  • Employment / job training: “One of the main goals for A-AWA’s resettlement services is to help newly arrived families with their job search efforts. This help includes resume writing, networking, interview skills”
  • Interpretation / translation: “help with family’s needs related to school issues, housing application, translation, cultural interpretations, parenting, budgeting, job search, health and nutrition”
  • Refugee resettlement (R&P): “A-AWA settled new families directly during their initial 90 days in the country.”

Languages

Services delivered in Dari, Farsi.

Website in English only.

Communities served

Afghan.

Contact

Founded 2009. IRS NTEE code P84. Revenue $100,000-499,999. Latest Form 990: 2023. EIN 26-2631220.

Other organizations in Alexandria

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Sources: IRS exempt-organization records, Form 990 filings, federal and network directories, and the organization's own website. Data as of October 19, 2026. Information here can change; contact the organization to confirm.

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Immigrant profiles by origin, language, and race / ethnicity

Pick a group to see its own profile: how large it is and how it lives, with the all-foreign-born and US-born averages shown for context. National estimates from US Census ACS 1-year microdata (PUMS).