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 Cultural Society

301 CEDAR AVE S, MINNEAPOLIS, MN 55454-1030

Afghan Cultural Society is a nonprofit organization in Minneapolis, Minnesota that serves immigrants and refugees.

Afghan Cultural Society supports newly arrived and established Afghan refugees and immigrants in Minneapolis with resettlement navigation, mental health programming, education support, benefits enrollment, English classes, and cultural/heritage programming.

Mission

To advocate for and empower our communities through a range of services, including assisting them in improving their mental and social health, promoting economic self-sufficiency, and creating a space for cultural well being...

Services

Read from the organization's website.

  • Benefits enrollment: “Navigators can help apply for state and county benefits and other external social support services”
  • Case management: “Social Service Navigators support new arrivals by connecting them to social and economic services and opportunities, helping them adjust to life in a new country.”
  • Cultural programming: “had over 500 people attend our cultural events in 2023”
  • Education / youth: “Mentors can help parents navigate the public school system, connect students and parents with tutors, and assist with navigating secondary education.”
  • ESL / English: “we have begun offering English language classes that incorporate daily life skills into the curriculum”
  • Mental health: “ACS offers mental health services by and for refugees to help our clients build strong interpersonal connections”
  • Refugee resettlement (R&P): “we provide comprehensive resettlement support for refugees of all backgrounds”

Languages

Services delivered in Dari, Pashto.

Website in English only.

Communities served

Afghan.

Service area: Minneapolis, MN.

Federal recognition and registries

  • ORR refugee resettlement funding

Contact

Founded 2022. IRS NTEE code P99. Revenue $1M-4.99M. Latest Form 990: 2023. EIN 87-2735332.

Other organizations in Minneapolis

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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).