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.

Multicultural Institute

1920 SEVENTH ST, BERKELEY, CA 94710-2011

Multicultural Institute is a nonprofit organization in Berkeley, California that serves immigrants and refugees.

The Multicultural Institute serves Latino immigrant day laborers, domestic workers, and their families in the Bay Area with workforce development, job placement, worker housing, GED and citizenship classes, health workshops and enrollment help, youth after-school tutoring, and immigrant-rights advocacy.

Mission

The Multicultural Institute is dedicated to assist immigrants in their transaction from isolation and poverty to workforce participation and prosperity. Programs are offered at three locations in Alameda County (West Berkeley), San Mateo County (North Fair Oaks/Redwood City) and Contra Costa County (Richmond). We current have following programs: Life Skills-Day Laborer & Domestics Workers Program offering services like job placement assistant, vocational skill development. We also provides immigration and health support.

Services

Read from the organization's website.

  • Advocacy / policy: “MI advocates for fair wages, better working conditions, and immigrant rights through local, state, and national efforts.”
  • Benefits enrollment: “MI provides health referrals and enrollment guidance when needed.”
  • Citizenship: “Courses on citizenship naturalization for green card holder”
  • Economic development: “Small business 1-on-1 coaching, legal advice, and support for 10 immigrants”
  • Education / youth: “Mentoring for Academic Success (MAS) Program”
  • Employment / job training: “job placement assistant, vocational skill development”
  • Food assistance: “food distribution every week”
  • Health education: “MI offers comprehensive health workshops, screenings”
  • Housing: “MI offers housing to unsheltered day workers since December 1, 2011.”
  • Legal / immigration: “health, legal and immigration support”

Languages

Services delivered in Spanish.

Website in English only.

Communities served

Hispanic/Latino.

Service area: Berkeley, CA and San Mateo County.

Contact

Founded 1997. IRS NTEE code P20. Revenue $1M-4.99M. Latest Form 990: 2023. EIN 91-1823468.

Other organizations in Berkeley

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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).