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.

Fresh Start Refugee Assistance Center

7714 GLENISTER DR, SPRINGFIELD, VA 22152-2004

Fresh Start Refugee Assistance Center is a nonprofit organization in Springfield, Virginia that serves immigrants and refugees.

Fresh Start Refugee Assistance Center resettles newly arrived refugees (notably Afghans) in the DC metro area, providing home furnishings, housing, transportation, food and emergency aid, case management, ESL, IT/vocational job training, and cultural community events.

Mission

To aid in the resettlement of refugees and immigrant groups in the DMV area by providing home furnishings, resources, and opportunities that promote self-sufficiency...

Services

Read from the organization's website.

  • Case management: “CASE AID IS PART OF THIS PROGRAM ALSO.”
  • Cultural programming: “CULTURAL EVENTS LIKE HALLOWEEN, THANKSGIVING, HOLIDAYS INCLUDING EID PICNIC”
  • Digital literacy: “TECHNICAL SKILLS TRAINING FOR COMPUTER SCIENCE CERTIFICATIONS”
  • Emergency / basic needs: “Provide funds for immediate needs such as clothing and groceries, supplies, basic phone service”
  • Employment / job training: “JOB SKILLS/MENTORSHIP SERVES 200 THROUGH CONTINUOUS ESL/BEST CLASSES, VOCATION TRAININGS”
  • ESL / English: “ESL/BEST CLASSES”
  • Food assistance: “help with grocery runs”
  • Housing: “Assistance with housing search (temporary and primary housing)”
  • Refugee resettlement (R&P): “TO AID IN THE RESETTLEMENT OF REFUGEES AND IMMIGRANT GROUPS”
  • Transportation: “Provide transportation”

Website in English only.

Communities served

Afghan.

Service area: Washington DC metro and Southern California regions.

Contact

Founded 2021. IRS NTEE code P20. Revenue $25,000-99,999. Latest Form 990: 2023. EIN 82-1079316.

Other organizations in Springfield

All organizations in Springfield | All organizations in Virginia

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).