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.

Connecticut Institute for Refugees and Immigrants

Also known as CIRI.

670 CLINTON AVE, BRIDGEPORT, CT 06605-1704

Connecticut Institute for Refugees and Immigrants is a nonprofit organization in Bridgeport, Connecticut that serves immigrants and refugees.

CIRI is a statewide Connecticut nonprofit serving refugees, immigrants, unaccompanied children, and trafficking survivors with refugee resettlement, immigration legal services, employment and financial-literacy support, youth academic programs, and health navigation and mental-health support.

Mission

The Connecticut institute for refugees and immigrants, inc. (CIRI) is a statewide nonprofit organization that assists refugees and immigrants resolve legal, economic, linguistic and social barriers so that they become self-sufficient, integrated and contributing members of the community.

Services

Read from the organization's website.

  • Case management: “IN-HOUSE SERVICES INCLUDE INTENSIVE CASE MANAGEMENT, EMPLOYMENT SERVICES, IMMIGRATION LEGAL SERVICES, AND HELP WITH BASIC NEEDS”
  • Citizenship: “asylum, U-visas, Special Immigrant Juvenile Status (SIJS), family petitions, employment authorization, naturalization, and relief for survivors of crime”
  • Education / youth: “helping them succeed in school and build strong futures through academic support, mentorship, enrichment programs, and family engagement”
  • Emergency / basic needs: “HELP WITH BASIC NEEDS”
  • Employment / job training: “workforce readiness training, job placement services”
  • Family reunification: “asylum, U-visas, Special Immigrant Juvenile Status (SIJS), family petitions, employment authorization, naturalization, and relief for survivors of crime”
  • Financial literacy: “financial literacy education”
  • Health education: “CIRI’s Refugee Health Promotion (RHP) Group for Clients 60+”
  • Housing: “ASSISTS WITH EMPLOYMENT, HOUSING, SCHOOL READINESS”
  • Legal / immigration: “PROVIDING AFFORDABLE IMMIGRATION LEGAL SERVICES TO IMMIGRANTS AND THEIR FAMILIES ACROSS CONNECTICUT”
  • Mental health: “Connect refugees and immigrants to essential medical care, wellness education, and mental health support”
  • Refugee resettlement (R&P): “REFUGEE RESETTLEMENT & EMPLOYMENT SERVICES: ANNUALLY, CIRI ASSISTS ALMOST 300 REFUGEES TO RESETTLE AND REBUILD THEIR LIVES IN THE UNITED STATES”

Website in more than one language.

Communities served

Congolese.

Service area: statewide Connecticut.

Federal recognition and registries

  • DOJ-recognized immigration legal provider
  • OVC trafficking victim services
  • State Department refugee resettlement affiliate (R&P)
  • On EOIR’s list of free legal service providers

Contact

Founded 1942. Revenue $10M-49.99M. Latest Form 990: 2024. EIN 06-0669118.

Other organizations in Bridgeport

All organizations in Bridgeport | All organizations in Connecticut

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).