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.

Community Economic Development Center of Southeastern Mass

Also known as CEDC.

235 North Front Street, New Bedford MA 02746

Community Economic Development Center of Southeastern Mass is a nonprofit organization in New Bedford, Massachusetts that serves immigrants and refugees.

CEDC serves low- and moderate-income immigrants (largely Latino and Maya-K'iche' Guatemalan) in New Bedford with immigrant support navigation, ESOL, immigration legal services, small-business development, free tax preparation, community organizing, and health and wellness programs.

Mission

Community outreach, computer training, technical assistance and immigrant assistance and job placement...

Services

Read from the organization's website.

  • Advocacy / policy: “We support residents in organizing around issues that matter to them, including housing, public safety, public transportation and access to resources in the neighborhood.”
  • Benefits enrollment: “CEDC’s bilingual Healthcare Navigators help community members access affordable health coverage”
  • Case management: “Multilingual CEDC staff provide help navigating aspects of daily life, including finding housing, securing legal services, applying for jobs and health insurance, and enrolling children in school”
  • Cultural programming: “We also produce the annual Festival Típico Guatemalteco, which celebrates the arts and culture of the Maya-K’iche’ community.”
  • Economic development: “We support small and micro business development by helping entrepreneurs launch and grow businesses.”
  • ESL / English: “Our ESOL (English for Speakers of Other Languages) classes help adults build the English skills they need for everyday life, work, and community participation.”
  • Financial literacy: “Services include business planning, licensing and permitting assistance, financial education, marketing support, and connections to community resources.”
  • Health education: “nutrition and cooking workshops in our shared use kitchen”
  • Health / medical: “We offer community health screenings, Spanish language prenatal and postnatal groups”
  • Legal / immigration: “We provide immigrant legal services, increasing access to immigration legal representation for low-income communities”
  • Mental health: “on-site mental health counseling and women's wellness groups”

Languages

Services delivered in Spanish, Portuguese, Cape Verdean Kriolu.

Website offers an automatic translation widget only.

Communities served

Hispanic/Latino, Maya K'Iche' (Guatemalan).

Service area: New Bedford, MA.

Federal recognition and registries

  • DOJ-recognized immigration legal provider

Contact

Founded 1997. IRS NTEE code S43. Revenue $1M-4.99M. Latest Form 990: 2023. EIN 04-3371170.

Other organizations in New Bedford

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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).