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.

Second Step

29 CRAFTS ST STE 150, NEWTON, MA 02458-1288

Second Step is a nonprofit organization in Newton, Massachusetts that serves immigrants and refugees.

The Second Step serves survivors of domestic/intimate partner violence and their families in Greater Boston with legal services (including immigration), transitional and rapid-rehousing, case management/advocacy, financial literacy, and community prevention education.

Mission

TO PROVIDE COMPREHENSIVE SUPPORTIVE SERVICES TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SURVIVORS AND THEIR FAMILIES THAT DISMANTLES GENERATIONAL VIOLENCE AND EMPOWERS SURVIVORS ON THEIR JOURNEY TO STABILITY, SAFETY, AND INDEPENDENCE. TRANSITIONAL LIVING PROGRAM: TSS OFFERS 2 TRANSITIONAL LIVING OPTIONS. FIRST, OPERATE ONE RESIDENCE FOR FAMILIES LEAVING EMERGENCY, SHORT-TERM SHELTER. FAMILIES ARE ELIGIBLE TO REMAIN IN THE PROGRAM FOR UP TO TWO YEARS DURING WHICH THEY CAN ENGAGE IN SERVICES DESIGNED TO GIVE THEM THE TOOLS THEY NEED TO LIVE INDEPENDENTLY.

Services

Read from the organization's website.

  • Case management: “INTENSIVE ONE ON ONE CASE MANAGEMENT, LEGAL ADVOCACY, PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT”
  • Domestic violence services: “TO PROVIDE COMPREHENSIVE SUPPORTIVE SERVICES TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SURVIVORS AND THEIR FAMILIES”
  • Financial literacy: “FINANCIAL LITERACY”
  • Housing: “HOUSING SEARCH AND ADVOCACY”
  • Legal / immigration: “ADVICE AND CONSULTATION ON MATTERS INCLUDING ABUSE PREVENTION ORDERS, FAMILY LAW, IMMIGRATION, AND HOUSING”

Website in English only.

Contact

Founded 1988. Revenue $2,129,268. Latest Form 990: 2023. EIN 22-2868513.

Other organizations in Newton

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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).