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.

Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Gary

940 BROADWAY, GARY, IN 46402-2906

Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Gary is a nonprofit organization in Gary, Indiana that serves immigrants and refugees.

A Catholic social-service agency in Northwest Indiana serving the poor and vulnerable, including immigrants and refugees, with immigration legal/representation services, emergency financial assistance, food pantries, financial self-sufficiency workshops, and pregnancy counseling.

Mission

Catholic charities provides and advocates for the physical, emotional, and social needs of the poor and vulnerable. We focus our attention on people (individuals and families) who live in poverty and are marginalized in other ways.

Services

Read from the organization's website.

  • Case management: “Our goal is to stabilize the current situation and to work with individuals and families to create a plan for a brighter future”
  • Emergency / basic needs: “THE EMERGENCY SERVICES PROGRAM ASSISTS INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES IN A FINANCIAL CRISIS WHO MAY BE FACING PROBLEMS SUCH AS POSSIBLE HOMELESSNESS, LOSS OF UTILITY SERVICE, OR OTHER FINANCIAL HARDSHIPS.”
  • Financial literacy: “A HUD CERTIFIED SELF-SUFFICIENCY WORKSHOP IS GIVEN WEEKLY IN VARIOUS LOCATIONS TO HELP CLIENTS DEVELOP A PLAN FOR FUTURE FINANCIAL STABILITY.”
  • Food assistance: “A FOOD PANTRY, OUT OF A REGIONAL OFFICE, DISTRIBUTES FOOD TO STRUGGLING FAMILIES TWICE A MONTH.”
  • Housing: “Helping individuals and families at risk of eviction and service disconnection because they cannot pay their rent/mortgage, gas, electric, and water bills.”
  • Legal / immigration: “Essential immigration and representation services to immigrants, refugees, and their families to help ease their burden and enable them to contribute and thrive in their communities.”

Website in English only.

Service area: Northwest Indiana.

Contact

Founded 1989. IRS NTEE code P20Z. Revenue $1M-4.99M. Latest Form 990: 2022. EIN 35-1122204.

Other organizations in Gary

All organizations in Indiana

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).