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.

Ascentria Care Alliance (Ascentria Community Services Inc)

11 SHATTUCK ST, WORCESTER, MA 01605-3650

Ascentria Care Alliance (Ascentria Community Services Inc) is a nonprofit organization in Worcester, Massachusetts that serves immigrants and refugees.

Ascentria Care Alliance serves refugees, asylum seekers, and immigrants across New England with formal resettlement, immigration legal assistance, ESL and citizenship classes, interpretation, employment and housing support, education services, and foster care for unaccompanied refugee/immigrant minors.

Mission

WE ARE CALLED TO STRENGTHEN COMMUNITIES BY EMPOWERING PEOPLE TO RESPOND TO LIFE'S CHALLENGES. CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES - ACS OFFERS A CONTINUUM OF COMMUNITY-BASED PROGRAMS FOR FAMILIES, CHILDREN AND TEENS AT RISK THAT PROVIDE SAFE RESIDENTIAL ENVIRONMENTS AND PROVIDE SERVICES THAT BUILD AND SUPPORT STRONG AND NURTURING FAMILIES. OUR FULL SERVICES INCLUDE ADOPTION HELP TO UNITE CHILDREN DOMESTICALLY WITH PERMANENT FAMILIES, INTENSIVE FOSTER CARE, FOSTERCARE FOR REFUGEE AND MIGRANT CHILDREN AS WELL AND TEEN PARENTING RESIDENTIAL SUPPORT PROGRAMS. DISABILITY SERVICES - ACS ENCOURAGES PEOPLE WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES TO LIVE LIFE ON THEIR OWN TERMS.

Services

Read from the organization's website.

  • Advocacy / policy: “Ascentria's advocacy team is working constantly to fight for, or against policies that directly impact our communities.”
  • Case management: “Resettlement and Integration Coordinator in our Services for New Americans program, has been working with Haitian families since day one”
  • Citizenship: “Citizenship preparation”
  • Digital literacy: “Computer literacy (Worcester, MA only)”
  • Education / youth: “Educational support services”
  • Employment / job training: “Job readiness training Employment placement services (resumes, interviews) Post-placement services (onboarding, retention support) Job development”
  • ESL / English: “English language instruction”
  • Family reunification: “Family-based petitions and Consular Processing”
  • Housing: “Our services include housing support;”
  • Interpretation / translation: “Ascentria can provide interpretation and translation services in a variety of languages, including Pashto, Dari, Ukrainian, and Haitian through our Language Bank program.”
  • Legal / immigration: “Relief from removal (deportation) Asylum T-visas for human trafficking survivors”
  • Refugee resettlement (R&P): “Providing the highest quality services throughout resettlement”
  • Transportation: “employment and transportation assistance”

Languages

Services delivered in Ukrainian, Pashto.

Website in more than one language.

Communities served

Multiple (Afghan, Ukrainian, Haitian, Other Immigrant, Refugee Nationalities).

Federal recognition and registries

  • State Department refugee resettlement affiliate (R&P)

Contact

Founded 2001. IRS NTEE code P20. Revenue $42,106,889. Latest Form 990: 2023. EIN 04-3566243.

Other organizations in Worcester

All organizations in Worcester | All organizations in Massachusetts

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).