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.

Korean Womens Association

3625 PERKINS LN SW, LAKEWOOD, WA 98499-4784

Korean Womens Association is a nonprofit organization in Lakewood, Washington that serves immigrants and refugees.

Korean Women's Association serves Korean and other Asian immigrant communities in the Puget Sound region with in-home care for elderly and disabled, senior ethnic meal sites, domestic violence services and shelter for women and children, and housing/rental assistance.

Mission

Kwa partners with diverse communities to empower individuals to live safe and dignified lives...

Services

Read from the organization's website.

  • Benefits enrollment: “BASIC FOOD INFORMATION & APPLICATIONS, LOW INCOME SUBSIDY PROGRAM AND ENERGY ASSISTANCE”
  • Case management: “RECEIVE ASSISTANCE WITH NAVIGATING MANY SOCIAL SERVICES SUCH AS MEDICAID, MEDICARE, MEDICARE PART D INSURANCE, HOUSING ASSISTANCE/REFERRALS”
  • Domestic violence services: “THE WE ARE FAMILY PROGRAM PROVIDES PREVENTION AND INTERVENTION SERVICES TO WOMEN AND CHILDREN WHO ARE VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND SEXUAL ABUSE.”
  • Emergency / basic needs: “LOW INCOME SUBSIDY PROGRAM AND ENERGY ASSISTANCE”
  • Food assistance: “KWA PROVIDES MEAL SITES FOR KOREAN MEALS, INTERNATIONAL MEALS, VIETNAMESE MEALS, CAMBODIAN MEALS, AND FEDERAL WAY MEALSITE.”
  • Health education: “PARTICIPATE IN FIRST-RATE HEALTH AND NUTRITION WORKSHOPS”
  • Housing: “TRANSITIONAL/PERMANENT HOUSING AND AN EMERGENCY SHELTER”
  • Legal / immigration: “We assist eligible individuals with initial DACA applications and renewals, including preparation of required forms and supporting documentation.”
  • Mental health: “COUNSELING, BILINGUAL SUPPORT GROUPS”

Languages

Services delivered in Korean, Vietnamese, Khmer.

Website in English only.

Communities served

Korean.

Service area: Western Washington.

Federal recognition and registries

  • DOJ-recognized immigration legal provider

Contact

Founded 1979. IRS NTEE code P81. Revenue $50M+. Latest Form 990: 2023. EIN 91-1066806.

Other organizations in Lakewood

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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).