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.

Global Health Education and Development

Also known as GHEAD.

5975 CLEVELAND AVE STE A, COLUMBUS, OH 43231-2256

Global Health Education and Development is a nonprofit organization in Columbus, Ohio that serves immigrants and refugees.

GHEAD serves immigrant and refugee communities in Columbus, Ohio (notably Somali), providing mental-health and substance-abuse education and stigma reduction, K-8 academic summer enrichment, and adult digital-literacy and workforce programs.

Mission

: Eliminate health and education inequities locally, nationally, and globally by closing health and education language, cultural, and religious gaps; empowering parents and communities to advocate for their health and education needs;

Services

Read from the organization's website.

  • Digital literacy: “Parent social media safety and digital literacy training”
  • Education / youth: “PROVIDED ACADEMIC ENRICHMENT FOR K-8TH UNDERSERVED STUDENTS OUR SUMMER SCHOOL PROGRAM OFFERS A STRUCTURED AND ENRICHING ENVIRONMENT FOR DISADVANTAGED AND IMMIGRANT CHILDREN”
  • Employment / job training: “We offer a variety of programs designed to enhance skills, foster lifelong learning, and support career advancement.”
  • Health education: “THE MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS PROGRAM PROMOTES MENTAL HEALTH EDUCATION AND ADVOCACY WITHIN UNDERSERVED AND IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES.”

Website in English only.

Communities served

Somali.

Contact

Founded 2012. IRS NTEE code P99. Revenue $500,000-999,999. Latest Form 990: 2023. EIN 45-3206189.

Other organizations in Columbus

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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).