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 Help Center

28282 DEVON AVE, CHICAGO, IL 60659-0000

Community Help Center is a nonprofit organization in Chicago, Illinois that serves immigrants and refugees.

MWRC serves immigrant and refugee Muslim women and families (notably Afghan refugees) in Chicago with immigration legal aid, citizenship prep, ESL, case management, resettlement, and interpretation services.

Mission

THE MISSION IS TO ASSIST IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE MUSLIM WOMEN AND THEIR FAMILIES IN OVERCOMING CULTURAL AND LANGUAGE BARRIERS, WHILE EMPOWERING THEM WITH THE APPROPRIATE OCCUPATIONAL SKILLS FOR THEM TO BECOME SELF-SUFFICIENT AND READY TO ENTER THE JOB MARKET. THE CITIZENSHIP EDUCATION - MWRC HELPS STUDENTS PREPARE FOR THEIR IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE CITIZENSHIP EXAMS BY PROVIDING CLASSROOM INSTRUCTION AND INDIVIDUAL TUTORING IN UNITED STATES HISTORY AND CIVICS. CITIIZENSHIP WORKSHOPS- MMRC OFFERS MONTHLY CITIZENSHIP WORKSHOP FOR COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO RECEIVE CITIZENSHIP APPLICATION ASSISTANCE. STAFF MEMBERS WORK DIRECTLY WITH THEM TO FILL OUT THE APPLICATION FORMS.

Services

Read from the organization's website.

  • Benefits enrollment: “Navigation of complex benefits systems. We provide support with the following benefit programs: SNAP: Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.”
  • Case management: “INTENSIVE CASE MANAGEMENT”
  • Citizenship: “CITIIZENSHIP WORKSHOPS- MMRC OFFERS MONTHLY CITIZENSHIP WORKSHOP FOR COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO RECEIVE CITIZENSHIP APPLICATION ASSISTANCE”
  • Civic engagement: “The Citizenship program stresses that becoming a U.S. citizen is the first step in the process and includes becoming informed voters and active community members.”
  • Emergency / basic needs: “The Immigrant Family Support Program (IFSP) was created during the uncertainty of the Covid-19 pandemic to provide emergency support for families facing financial instability.”
  • Employment / job training: “VOCATIONAL TRAINING PROGRAMS”
  • ESL / English: “ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE ESL - MWRC OFFERS ESL CLASSES TO LOWER INCOME ADULT IMMIGRANTS”
  • Family reunification: “Family reunification for asylee/refugee”
  • Housing: “RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS”
  • Interpretation / translation: “Interpretation & translation Services”
  • Legal / immigration: “a team of 10-12 attorneys works tirelessly every day to complete asylum applications for our clients”
  • Refugee resettlement (R&P): “we launched our innovative resettlement program in partnership with the state”
  • Transportation: “provided crucial transportation assistance”

Languages

Services delivered in Dari, Pashto, Urdu, Hindi, Russian, Spanish, Bosnian, Ukrainian.

Website in English only.

Communities served

Afghan.

Federal recognition and registries

  • DOJ-recognized immigration legal provider

Contact

Founded 2003. IRS NTEE code P84. Revenue $3,633,360. Latest Form 990: 2024. EIN 68-0489248.

Other organizations in Chicago

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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).