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.

Latin American Youth Center

Also known as LAYC.

1419 COLUMBIA RD NW, WASHINGTON, DC 20009-4705

Latin American Youth Center is a nonprofit organization in Washington, District of Columbia that serves immigrants and refugees.

LAYC serves youth ages 11-24 (primarily Latino) in DC and Maryland with academic support, job readiness, safe housing, mentoring/case management, mental health and substance-use services, health education, and food assistance.

Mission

To empower a diverse population of youth to achieve a successful transition to adulthood, through multi-cultural, comprehensive, and innovative programs that address youths' social, academic, housing, and career needs...

Services

Read from the organization's website.

  • Case management: “PROVIDE INTENSIVE, LONG-TERM, ONE-ON-ONE MENTORING AND CASE MANAGEMENT TO YOUTH”
  • Education / youth: “Year-round tutoring and homework assistance, after-school programs, GED exam preparation and education, and college preparation and retention.”
  • Emergency / basic needs: “LAYC first assisted with basic needs, linking Oliver's family to grocery deliveries and rental assistance through our new COVID-19 relief programs.”
  • Employment / job training: “Job readiness and life skills training, job placement services, internships, and career exploration.”
  • Food assistance: “Food Distribution Program, providing fresh produce and essential groceries to families throughout Prince George’s County.”
  • Health education: “sexual health education and HIV/STI/pregnancy testing and counseling”
  • Housing: “LAYC'S HOUSING DEPARTMENT PROVIDES COMPREHENSIVE PROGRAMMING FOR RUNAWAY, HOMELESS, AND UNSTABLY HOUSED YOUTH”
  • Mental health: “young people can obtain free mental health and substance use counseling”

Languages

Services delivered in Spanish.

Website in English only.

Communities served

Hispanic/Latino.

Service area: Washington DC, Prince George's County and Montgomery County Maryland.

Federal recognition and registries

  • ORR unaccompanied children program

Contact

Founded 1975. IRS NTEE code O200. Revenue $10M-49.99M. Latest Form 990: 2023. EIN 52-1023074.

Other organizations in Washington

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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).