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.

Immigrant Family Services Institute

Also known as IFSI.

1626 BLUE HILL AVE, MATTAPAN, MA 02126-2121

Immigrant Family Services Institute is a nonprofit organization in Boston, Massachusetts that serves immigrants and refugees.

IFSI serves newly arrived Haitian immigrants in Greater Boston with one-stop case management, immigration legal aid (TPS, asylum, work permits), public-benefits and housing assistance, ESL and children's/youth education, job training, and immigrant advocacy.

Mission

SERVICES FOR IMMIGRANT FAMILIES. IN RESPONSE TO RECENT EVENTS, IFSI-USA SUPPORTS THOSE AFFECTED BY CHANGES IN IMMIGRATION LEGISLATION, INCLUDING TEMPORARY PROTECTIVE STATUS. PLUS AFTER SCHOOL AND WEEKEND PROGRAMS INCREASED ENROLLMENT TO 80 STUDENTS. AFTER-SCHOOL ADDED NEW PROGRAMMING TO BETTER SERVE OUR STUDENTS INCLUDING CHESS INSTRUCTIONS, WEEKLY ROBOTICS CLUB AND MORE INTEGRATED, HANDS ON LEARNING ACTIVITIES. TEST PREP FOR THE ISEE AND EXAM SCHOOL ENTRANCE TESTS WAS INITIATED IN PLUS AFFER-SCHOOL AND WEEKEND FOR 15 STUDENTS.

Services

Read from the organization's website.

  • Advocacy / policy: “Systems Advocacy These efforts center around advocacy with institutional partners that advance systems change as with the Massachusetts Immigrant and Refugee Advocacy Coalition (MIRA)”
  • Benefits enrollment: “2,260 Families Applied for Mass Health”
  • Case management: “IFSI provides intake, person-centered case management services and triages clients”
  • Civic engagement: “Youth Leadership: IFSI trains and facilitates peer learning among high school youth with focus on media production, tutoring and advocacy skills.”
  • Digital literacy: “179 Completed Computer/Financial Literacy Certifications”
  • Education / youth: “300 Students Enrolled in Afterschool/ Weekend Programs 2022-2023”
  • Employment / job training: “we help with job training, employment and increasing self-sufficiency”
  • ESL / English: “908 Enrolled in ESOL/ESL Classes”
  • Financial literacy: “179 Completed Computer/Financial Literacy Certifications”
  • Food assistance: “200 Families on Weekly Food Distribution During the Pandemic”
  • Housing: “125 Housing Units Secured Providing Shelter for Over 300 Families”
  • Legal / immigration: “IFSI’s Legal Aid Services include TPS, CHNV Parole, Asylum and Work Permit Applications.”
  • Mental health: “Wellness & Counseling Services”

Languages

Services delivered in Haitian Creole, French, Spanish.

Website in English only.

Communities served

Haitian.

Federal recognition and registries

  • DOJ-recognized immigration legal provider

Contact

Founded 2015. IRS NTEE code P84. Revenue $10,046,123. Latest Form 990: 2023. EIN 47-4400495.

Other organizations in Boston

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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).