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.

Smart Development

3538 W 140TH ST, CLEVELAND, OH 44111-2437

Smart Development is a nonprofit organization in Cleveland, Ohio that serves immigrants and refugees.

Smart Development Inc serves refugee, immigrant, and newcomer communities (notably MENA and Somali) in Greater Cleveland with housing navigation, case management, workforce/employment services, basic needs, food assistance, adult education/ESL, and civic engagement.

Mission

The Organizations mission is to create sustainable and vibrant communities through neighborhood revitalization, affordable housing Part 1 and Part 11. Statement of program service accomplishments Mission is to create, nourish, and build sustainable and vibrant communities through community based services, affordable housing, and wrap around supportive services ensuring all individuals and families can thrive while maintaining and celebrating diverse cultures, values and people.

Services

Read from the organization's website.

  • Advocacy / policy: “Local Advocacy Civic engagement and participation”
  • Benefits enrollment: “Public Benefits Support Eligibility determination to funded programs”
  • Case management: “Intensive Case Management”
  • Civic engagement: “Civic engagement and participation Voter education (multilingual)”
  • Economic development: “Small business support and navigation”
  • Emergency / basic needs: “Direct basic needs assistance”
  • Employment / job training: “Job placement Job development Employment counseling”
  • ESL / English: “English as a Second Language (ESL)”
  • Financial literacy: “Financial Literacy (Arabic, Farsi, Somali)”
  • Food assistance: “Culturally relevant food boxes, and more.”
  • Health education: “Assist in navigating the healthcare system including scheduling appointments, providing interpretation, transportation support, document translation, and more.”
  • Housing: “Transitional Housing and Housing Navigation Support”
  • Interpretation / translation: “Translation/Interpretation Services (Arabic, Farsi, Pashto, Laos, Spanish, Somali, Swahili, Chinese)”
  • Refugee resettlement (R&P): “Refugee Housing Resettlement”
  • Transportation: “transportation support, document translation, and more.”

Languages

Services delivered in Arabic, Farsi, Pashto, Lao, Spanish, Somali, Swahili, Chinese.

Website in English only.

Communities served

Mena, Somali.

Contact

Founded 2018. IRS NTEE code S20. Revenue $1,999,204. Latest Form 990: 2022. EIN 82-4991900.

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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).