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.

Virginia Latino Higher Education Network

Also known as VALHEN.

100 SHOCKHOE SLIP, RICHMOND, VA 23219-4164

Virginia Latino Higher Education Network is a nonprofit organization in Richmond, Virginia that serves immigrants and refugees.

VALHEN serves Latino, first-generation high school youth in Virginia with college-access programs, mentoring, scholarships, leadership/STEM academies, and higher-education policy advocacy.

Mission

THE VIRGINIA LATINO HIGHER EDUCATION NETWORK IS AN ORGANIZATION WHICH SUPPORTS, PROMOTES, AND ADVOCATES FOR LATINO SUCCESS AND ADVANCEMENT IN HIGHER EDUCATION, TO ENSURE THAT EVERY LATINO IN VIRGINIA IS COLLEGE AND CARREER READY FOR THE BENEFIT AND BETTERMENT OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA.

Services

Read from the organization's website.

  • Advocacy / policy: “POLICY MAKERS to advocate for programs and policies, both at the state and institutional levels, which will facilitate access and promote success”
  • Civic engagement: “workshops on self-awareness, civic engagement, and leadership led by college mentors and university facilitators”
  • Education / youth: “At the Hispanic College Institute (HCI) approximately 150 Hispanic high school students are selected from across the Commonwealth come together on the campus of Virginia Tech”

Website in English only.

Communities served

Hispanic/Latino.

Contact

Founded 2009. IRS NTEE code B82. Revenue $247,324. Latest Form 990: 2023. EIN 26-3714120.

Other organizations in Richmond

All organizations in Richmond | All organizations in Virginia

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).