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.

Parent Encouragement Program

10100 CONNECTICUT AVE, KENSINGTON, MD 20895-3809

Parent Encouragement Program is a nonprofit organization in Kensington, Maryland that serves immigrants and refugees.

A parenting-education organization that provides parenting classes, webinars, and support programs to parents and caregivers, including some Spanish- and Amharic-language classes for underserved families.

Mission

THE MISSION OF THE PARENT ENCOURAGEMENT PROGRAM (PEP) IS TO HELP CHILDREN BECOME CONFIDENT, CAPABLE AND RESILIENT BY PROVIDING GUIDANCE AND SUPPORT TO THEIR PARENTS AND CAREGIVERS. PEP OFFERS A WIDE VARIETY OF EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS TO HELP PARENTS PROVIDE SUPPORT AND GUIDANCE TO THEIR CHILDREN AT DIFFERENT AGES AND STAGES OF LIFE AND WITH DIFFERENT BEHAVIORAL NEEDS. IN FY24, NEARLY 5,200 PARENTS AND CAREGIVERS REGISTERED FOR PEP PARENTING PROGRAMS, WHICH INCLUDED THE FOLLOWING: 1) THE PEP FAMILY RESILIENCY PROGRAM (PEP-FRP), OFFERED IN ENGLISH, SPANISH AND AMHARIC, WHICH HELPS PARENTS AND CAREGIVERS BUILD THEIR CHILDREN'S CONFIDENCE, CAPABILITIES, AND RESILIENCE.

Services

Read from the organization's website.

  • Heritage language

Languages

Services delivered in Spanish, Amharic.

Website in English only.

Contact

Founded 1985. IRS NTEE code P41Z. Revenue $2,676,916. Latest Form 990: 2023. EIN 52-1379642.

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).