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.

Jewish Vocational Service

Also known as JVS.

75 FEDERAL ST LBBY 3, BOSTON, MA 02110-1900

Jewish Vocational Service is a nonprofit organization in Boston, Massachusetts that serves immigrants and refugees.

JVS Boston provides workforce development, job training and placement, ESOL, citizenship and college prep, digital skills, and financial coaching to refugees, immigrants, people with disabilities, and others facing barriers to employment.

Mission

TO EMPOWER INDIVIDUALS FROM DIVERSE COMMUNITIES TO FIND EMPLOYMENT AND BUILD CAREERS, WHILE PARTNERING WITH EMPLOYERS TO HIRE, DEVELOP, AND RETAIN PRODUCTIVE WORKFORCES. PRE-EMPLOYMENT SERVICES PROVIDES A MENU OF WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES TO INDIVIDUALS. EDUCATION PROGRAMS INCLUDE ENGLISH LANGUAGE INSTRUCTION AND SPECIALIZED COLLEGE PREPARATION CLASSES AND COACHING. SKILLS TRAINING PROGRAMS IN MULTIPLE SECTORS EQUIP JOB SEEKERS WITH IN-DEMAND SKILLS. PIPELINE PROGRAMMING WORKS WITH SPECIFIC EMPLOYERS TO RECRUIT, SCREEN AND TRAIN COHORTS OF EMPLOYEES FOR IN-DEMAND JOBS.

Services

Read from the organization's website.

  • Citizenship: “CITIZENSHIP PREPARATION”
  • Digital literacy: “COMPUTER SKILLS”
  • Education / youth: “SPECIALIZED COLLEGE PREPARATION CLASSES AND COACHING”
  • Employment / job training: “We offer FREE job training programs so you can learn new skills for in-demand jobs”
  • ESL / English: “ENGLISH LANGUAGE INSTRUCTION”
  • Financial literacy: “Having a financial advisor to help me out with every step of the way? Priceless, just priceless.”

Website offers an automatic translation widget only.

Contact

Founded 1960. IRS NTEE code J210. Revenue $28,065,437. Latest Form 990: 2023. EIN 04-2104357.

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).