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.

El Centro (Kansas City)

Also known as Si Se Puede!/El Centro Inc..

650 MINNESOTA AVE, KANSAS CITY, KS 66101-2806

El Centro (Kansas City) is a nonprofit organization in Kansas City, Kansas that serves immigrants and refugees.

El Centro Inc. serves the Latino community of Kansas City with dual-language early childhood education, financial literacy (including VITA/ITIN and homebuyer education), community health education and navigation, interpreting, and civic engagement/advocacy including citizenship and DACA clinics.

Mission

The mission of el-centro, inc., A not-for-profit corporation, is strengthening communities and improving lives of latinos and others through educational, social, and economic opportunities...

Services

Read from the organization's website.

  • Advocacy / policy: “ADVOCACY Latinos affect positive change in our communities by becoming informed, civically engaged, and participating in elections & policy initiatives.”
  • Case management: “CLIENT ADVOCACY, AND PATIENT NAVIGATION PROVIDING SERVICES TO STRENGTHEN THE FAMILY”
  • Citizenship: “Citizenship Clinics”
  • Civic engagement: “Canvassing Voter Registration”
  • Education / youth: “PRE-SCHOOL TO 6TH GRADE EDUCATION Helping Latino children develop a strong foundation for life-long learning.”
  • Financial literacy: “THE ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT PROGRAM SERVES LOW-/MODERATE-INCOME FAMILIES AND INDIVIDUALS THROUGHOUT THE KANSAS CITY METROPOLITAN AREA WITH FINANCIAL LITERACY EDUCATION.”
  • Health education: “OUR HEALTH-FOCUSED OUTREACH AND INTERVENTION PROGRAM TRAINS COMMUNITY VOLUNTEER LAY HEALTH PROMOTERS (PROMOTORAS DE SALUD) IN HEALTH ISSUES CONCERNING THE COMMUNITY.”
  • Interpretation / translation: “INTERPRETING SERVICES”
  • Legal / immigration

Languages

Services delivered in Spanish.

Website offers an automatic translation widget only.

Communities served

Hispanic/Latino.

Service area: Wyandotte and Johnson Counties, Kansas (Kansas City, KS and Olathe).

Federal recognition and registries

  • DOJ-recognized immigration legal provider

Contact

Founded 2001. IRS NTEE code S20. Revenue $5M-9.99M. Latest Form 990: 2022. EIN 36-2904073.

Other organizations in Kansas City

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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).