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.

Self-Help for the Elderly

731 SANSOME ST STE 100, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94111-1725

Self-Help for the Elderly is a nonprofit organization in San Francisco, California that serves immigrants and refugees.

Self-Help for the Elderly serves older adults (with a Chinese/Chinatown cultural focus) in the San Francisco Bay Area, providing senior meals, employment training, case management, translation, naturalization assistance, digital learning, and home health care.

Mission

SELF-HELP FOR THE ELDERLY STRIVES TO PROMOTE THE INDEPENDENCE, WELL-BEING, AND DIGNITY FOR OLDER ADULTS THROUGH CULTURALLY ALIGNED SERVICES AND PROGRAMS IN THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA. MEALS AND ACTIVITIES: SELF-HELP OPERATES MULTI-SERVICE SENIOR CENTERS IN SAN FRANCISCO, SAN MATEO, AND SANTA CLARA COUNTIES. THE CENTERS PROVIDE A HOT LUNCH AND OFFER RECREATIONAL AND EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES, TRANSLATION, INFORMATION, AND REFERRAL SERVICES. THE HOME DELIVERY MEALS PROGRAM PROVIDES MEALS TO HOMEBOUND SENIORS ONCE A DAY.

Services

Read from the organization's website.

  • Case management: “provided guidance and solutions for case management, elder advocacy, counseling, naturalization and in-home support”
  • Citizenship: “case management, elder advocacy, counseling, naturalization and in-home support”
  • Cultural programming: “Activities include: Arts and crafts; Bingo game; Birthday party; Calligraphy class; Chinese opera”
  • Digital literacy: “We help teach seniors valuable computer skills, help underprivileged families navigate the Internet”
  • Employment / job training: “ETED PROVIDES TRAINING, COUNSELING AND EMPLOYMENT”
  • Food assistance: “THE HOME DELIVERY MEALS PROGRAM PROVIDES MEALS TO HOMEBOUND SENIORS ONCE A DAY”
  • Health / medical: “We offer physical, occupational, and speech therapy as a remedy for many conditions that affect older people.”
  • Interpretation / translation: “TRANSLATION, INFORMATION, AND REFERRAL SERVICES”
  • Legal / immigration

Languages

Services delivered in Spanish, Chinese.

Website in more than one language.

Communities served

Chinese.

Contact

Founded 1972. IRS NTEE code P810. Revenue $40,470,563. Latest Form 990: 2023. EIN 94-1750717.

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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).