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.

Refugee & Immigrant Transitions

870 MARKET ST STE 558, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94102-3016

Refugee & Immigrant Transitions is a nonprofit organization in San Francisco, California that serves immigrants and refugees.

Refugee & Immigrant Transitions serves refugees and immigrants from ~40 countries in the San Francisco Bay Area with English/literacy and citizenship classes, youth academic support and leadership development, multilingual case management, benefits enrollment, wellness workshops, and advocacy.

Mission

Our mission is to welcome and partner with people who have sought refuge, employing strengths-based educational approaches and community supports so they may thrive in our shared communities. Approx. 1000 adults enrolled in our English Language and Literacy Program and Adult Newcomer Community Engagement Program. Our priority student population are adults reading at four English language levels: Literacy, Low Beginner, High Beginner, and Low Intermediate. (Levels according to the National Reporting System for Adult Education.) RIT students gain English, vocational, and other critical skills, and often outperform California state averages for English learners.

Services

Read from the organization's website.

  • Advocacy / policy: “Participating in state advocacy days led by California Immigrant Policy Center (CIPC); Meeting with state legislators, local government agencies”
  • Benefits enrollment: “Public benefits enrollment, troubleshooting, support with vital documents (social security number, employment authorization, etc.)”
  • Case management: “RIT's multilingual case management team provided interpretation, navigation, and linkage services to 389 newcomers.”
  • Citizenship: “Citizenship Preparation”
  • Civic engagement: “knowing your rights”
  • Digital literacy: “including digital literacy”
  • Education / youth: “we provide daytime and/or after-school academic assistance, and social emotional support/mentoring.”
  • Employment / job training: “We help students build their English, literacy, and job skills”
  • ESL / English: “English Language/Literacy; Vocational English”
  • Interpretation / translation: “provided interpretation, navigation, and linkage services to 389 newcomers”
  • Mental health: “100 Afghan women engaged in Psychoeducational Workshops and 8-week Support Groups led by a multilingual team.”
  • Cultural programming

Languages

Services delivered in Dari, Pashto, Spanish, Arabic, Mam, Tigrinya, Burmese, Russian.

Website in English only.

Contact

Founded 1997. IRS NTEE code O40Z. Revenue $2,524,214. Latest Form 990: 2022. EIN 94-3112099.

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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).