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.

New Initiative for Civic Engagement

Also known as NICE.

WHITE PLAINS, MD 20695

New Initiative for Civic Engagement is a nonprofit organization in Bensville, Maryland that serves immigrants and refugees.

NICE serves minority and immigrant communities (including Congolese/DRC) with immigration legal services, English and citizenship classes, naturalization clinics, and civic-engagement and policy advocacy.

Services

Read from the organization's website.

  • Advocacy / policy: “From rallies to legislative visits and media campaigns, we raise visibility for issues affecting our communities.”
  • Citizenship: “we hold monthly naturalization clinics where we help aspiring US citizens prepare for the naturalization interview and test”
  • Civic engagement: “Our town hall meetings provide our community members with a direct line of communication to their representatives.”
  • ESL / English: “Our English classes help our community members acquire essential English skills, integrate into the American society, and increase their employability.”
  • Family reunification: “Family-based immigrant petition for relatives of US citizens and lawful permanent residents”
  • Legal / immigration: “There is a great need for quality and affordable immigration legal services, including representation before the immigration courts”

Languages

French.

Website in more than one language.

Communities served

Congolese.

Federal recognition and registries

  • DOJ-recognized immigration legal provider

Contact

Founded 2024. IRS NTEE code R99. Latest Form 990: 2025. EIN 99-3384062.

All organizations in Maryland

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).