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.

Ethiopian Community Association of Chicago

Also known as ECAC.

5800 N LINCOLN AVE STE A, CHICAGO, IL 60659-4618

Ethiopian Community Association of Chicago is a nonprofit organization in Chicago, Illinois that serves immigrants and refugees.

ECAC serves Ethiopian and other refugees and immigrants in Chicago with refugee resettlement, ESL, citizenship and immigration legal services, employment assistance, youth education programs, and cultural programming.

Mission

The Ethiopian Community Association of Chicago (herein after referred to as ECAC) is a not-for-profit, non-political, tax-exempt organization committed to serving the educational, cultural, psychological, and socio-economic needs of Ethiopians in Chicago land and the surrounding areas. ECAC also responds to the needs of other similarly situated groups who might seek its services. ECAC endeavors to facilitate the overall adjustment, stability, growth and development of its constituency.

Services

Read from the organization's website.

  • Case management: “Refugee placement, counseling, adjustment, and case management services are provided to refugees, asylees, and other immigrants”
  • Citizenship: “ECAC helps prepare refugees and immigrants to become U.S. citizens by offering free citizenship classes, assisting in the education, and filing application forms.”
  • Cultural programming: “Cultural celebrations, workshops, family events, and programs promoting Ethiopian heritage and community unity.”
  • Education / youth: “Providing homework assistance, tutoring, and enrichment activities to reinforce learning outside of regular school hours.”
  • Employment / job training: “The Employment Assistance Program at the Ethiopian Community Association of Chicago provides refugees and immigrants with the support they need to find employment”
  • ESL / English: “English as a Second Language (ESL) - Basic and vocational English language education provided to newly arrived refugees and immigrants.”
  • Housing: “placement in affordable housing”
  • Interpretation / translation: “Help with benefits, food programs, school enrollment, translation, crisis support, and navigating local services.”
  • Legal / immigration: “IMMIGRATION LEGAL SERVICES DOJ ACCREDITED REPRESENTATION FOR NATURALIZATION AND ADJUSTMENT OF STATUS.”
  • Refugee resettlement (R&P): “Resettlement, placement and adjustment services - Refugee placement, counseling, adjustment, and case management services are provided to refugees, asylees”

Website in English only.

Communities served

Ethiopian.

Service area: Chicago, IL.

Federal recognition and registries

  • DOJ-recognized immigration legal provider
  • State Department refugee resettlement affiliate (R&P)

Contact

Founded 1985. IRS NTEE code P84Z. Revenue $5M-9.99M. Latest Form 990: 2022. EIN 36-3342451.

Other organizations in Chicago

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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).