About the National Center on Immigrant Integration Policy
The National Center on Immigrant Integration Policy (NCIIP) serves as a national hub connecting U.S. policymakers, community and system leaders, service providers, educators, researchers, and others with rigorous, nonpartisan policy research and data, technical assistance, and cross-state learning opportunities to advance effective immigrant integration policies and practices at federal, state, and local levels.
Key services the Center's experts provide include policy-focused research, policy design, technical assistance, and learning networks for government officials and community leaders.
The Center exists to:
Shine a spotlight on important but generally neglected issues. Immigrant integration issues are among the most overlooked set of issues in U.S. public policy today. The Center works to bring these issues to the fore of national and local debates and promote constructive solutions that can lift the integration trajectories of immigrants and their children, thereby adding vibrancy to the communities and economies where they settle and to the United States as a whole.
Identify and promote effective policies and practices. Those working on these issues at local, state, and national levels need essential research and data that will guide them toward effective policies and practices. The need for such knowledge and expertise has only increased as migration has extended throughout the United States, as questions of the fate for the country’s unauthorized immigrant population are decided, and as concerns about U.S. population aging, demographic decline, and workforce skills gaps become more urgent.
Organize and strengthen a nascent field. Many officials in state and local government, as well as nonprofit organizations, community advocates, researchers, and others are working on integration issues in areas as varied as PreK-12 education, workforce development, adult literacy, and health access. However, they often work in isolation, unable to leverage their expertise and energy into more systemic and powerful outcomes. The Center seeks to build a more coherent and knowledge-driven field—not only expanding the knowledge base for key actors operating in fields crucial to immigrant integration, but the field of immigrant integration itself.
Set the record straight. The Center provides an unbiased look at the needs, costs, and contributions of immigrants, as well as balanced analysis of the integration policy options facing local communities and the nation.
