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.

Gateway Community Services Maine

501 FOREST AVE, PORTLAND, ME 04101-1503

Gateway Community Services Maine is a nonprofit organization in Portland, Maine that serves immigrants and refugees.

Gateway Community Services Maine serves immigrant, refugee, and asylee communities (largely East African) in Greater Portland and Lewiston-Auburn through youth leadership and civic programs, tutoring/education, community health worker wellness navigation, mental/behavioral health support, and workforce navigation.

Mission

Gateway Community Service seeks to encourage, support and build healthy connections with oneself and others in order to promote vibrancy and well-being, along with welcoming communities where all people feel accepted, valued and have a sense of belonging...

Services

Read from the organization's website.

  • Case management: “All our CHWs work to provide wraparound wellness services to community members.”
  • Civic engagement: “Participants of this program explore leadership through civic engagement, climate justice, and community leadership.”
  • Education / youth: “Services provided include 1-1 long-term tutoring for 5th-12th graders and drop-in educational sessions for New Mainer youth and youth experiencing homelessness”
  • Employment / job training: “we offer a Workforce navigator specialist to guide and match employees and employer, offering different types of training for workforce preparedness”
  • Health education: “Community Health Workers (CHWs) are trusted connectors who help people navigate care, understand insurance and safety net programs”
  • Mental health: “The Wellness team also provide a space and guidance for different community groups to address mental and behavioral health.”

Website in English only.

Communities served

East African.

Service area: Greater Portland and Lewiston-Auburn, Maine.

Contact

Founded 2016. IRS NTEE code P20. Revenue $1M-4.99M. Latest Form 990: 2023. EIN 81-3604505.

Other organizations in Portland

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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).