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.

Watch

24 CRESCENT ST STE 201, WALTHAM, MA 02453-4360

Watch is a nonprofit organization in Waltham, Massachusetts that serves immigrants and refugees.

WATCH CDC serves low- and moderate-income Waltham residents including immigrants with affordable housing and tenant support, housing case management, benefits enrollment, emergency assistance, adult education (ESL, GED, citizenship classes), and community organizing/advocacy for affordable housing.

Mission

Watch CDC works towards a more just community in the waltham area by promoting affordable housing, providing adult education & leadershipdevelopment, and empowering underrepresented residents through civic engagement...

Services

Read from the organization's website.

  • Advocacy / policy: “COMMUNITY ORGANIZING - ADVOCACY AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZING OF WALTHAM RESIDENTS FOR AFFORDABLE AND SAFE HOUSING”
  • Benefits enrollment: “ASSISTANCE IN APPLYING FOR BENEFITS SUCH AS UTILITY AND FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE AND FOOD STAMPS”
  • Case management: “WATCH provides free 1:1 case management for low-income households in Waltham to address urgent housing and basic needs.”
  • Citizenship: “CITIZENSHIP CLASS”
  • Civic engagement: “PROVISION AND PROMOTION OF ADULT EDUCATION AND LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT FOR IMMIGRANTS AND NON-IMMIGRANTS IN THE WALTHAM AREA”
  • Emergency / basic needs: “PROVIDE OVER $140,000 OF DIRECT ASSISTANCE GRANTS TO WALTHAM RESIDENTS FOR RENT IN ARREARS, TO PREVENT UTILITY SHUT OFFS OR RESTORE HEAT & ELECTRICITY, PROVIDE EMERGENCY SHELTER”
  • ESL / English: “WATCH ALSO OFFERS ESL CONVERSATION GROUPS, FREE 1 ON 1 ENGLISH TUTORING”
  • Housing: “HOUSING PROGRAMS: PROVISION AND PROPERTY MANAGEMENT OF AFFORDABLE SUPPORT TO STABILIZE RENTAL HOUSING.”

Languages

Services delivered in Spanish.

Website in more than one language.

Service area: Waltham, MA.

Contact

Founded 1989. Revenue $1M-4.99M. Latest Form 990: 2023. EIN 22-2918528.

Other organizations in Waltham

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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).