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.

Spanish-Speaking Community of Maryland

8519 PINEY BRANCH RD, SILVER SPRING, MD 20901-3919

Spanish-Speaking Community of Maryland is a nonprofit organization in Silver Spring, Maryland that serves immigrants and refugees.

Spanish Speaking Community of Maryland serves low-income Spanish-speaking immigrants with immigration legal services, naturalization, translation/interpretation, case management, housing/tenant intervention, basic needs, employment help, and domestic-violence support.

Mission

To provide direct services and work with public and private organizations throughout Maryland to ensure the most vulnerable residents receive essential guidance for nutrition, health care, education, housing, employment and immigration benefits...

Services

Read from the organization's website.

  • Case management: “Most of our efforts pertaining to this program involve our qualified case managers.”
  • Citizenship: “Naturalization / Citizenship”
  • Domestic violence services: “SSCM provided free confidential services for over 224 victims of domestic abuse in Frederick County.”
  • Emergency / basic needs: “our team provided more than 3,000 Frederick County residents with essential items including food, diapers, toiletries, backpacks, school supplies and gift cards”
  • Employment / job training: “Employment Applications & Resumes”
  • Family reunification: “Family Petitions”
  • Food assistance: “our team provided more than 3,000 Frederick County residents with essential items including food, diapers, toiletries, backpacks, school supplies and gift cards”
  • Housing: “Our tenet/landlord intervention techniques have helped hundreds of residents to better understand their leases as well as resolve dangerous living situations due to mold.”
  • Interpretation / translation: “Document Translations – more than 55 Languages”
  • Legal / immigration: “Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) Provisional Waivers Family Petitions Naturalization / Citizenship TPS Fiancé Visas”

Languages

Services delivered in Spanish.

Website in English only.

Communities served

Hispanic/Latino.

Service area: Maryland (Frederick and Silver Spring areas).

Federal recognition and registries

  • DOJ-recognized immigration legal provider

Contact

Founded 1971. IRS NTEE code P84Z. Revenue $500,000-999,999. Latest Form 990: 2023. EIN 52-0889386.

Other organizations in Silver Spring

All organizations in Silver Spring | 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).