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.

Hope Acts

14 Sherman St., Portland ME 04101

Hope Acts is a nonprofit organization in Portland, Maine that serves immigrants and refugees.

Hope Acts serves asylum seekers in Greater Portland, Maine with transitional housing, English/ESOL and digital literacy classes, work-permit and asylum application assistance, and drop-in navigation for basic needs.

Mission

To provide housing, English classes, and services for new immigrants...

Services

Read from the organization's website.

  • Case management: “ASAP includes individualized services for asylum seekers including: a walk-in program for any asylum seeker needing assistance accessing and navigating resources in the Greater Portland community”
  • Digital literacy: “In 2024, we launched digital literacy classes to help Hope Acts clients gain confidence and competence in basic computer skills”
  • Emergency / basic needs: “The Asylum Seeker Assistance Program (ASAP) launches as a drop-in program for asylum seekers navigating basic needs.”
  • Employment / job training
  • ESL / English: “HHELP offers English classes for beginner through intermediate level English language learners.”
  • Housing: “Hope House is the first American home for up to 13 asylum seekers at a time in Greater Portland.”
  • Legal / immigration: “an asylum application assistance program and a work permit clinic”
  • Transportation: “Would you be willing to drive clients to immigration related appointments?”

Languages

Services delivered in French, Lingala, Portuguese, Spanish.

Website in English only.

Contact

Founded 2013. IRS NTEE code P84. Revenue $1M-4.99M. Latest Form 990: 2023. EIN 45-4804770.

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).