Mission

The mission of the Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs is to advance the community well-being, economic growth, and integration of New Americans in Baltimore City.

Role

MIMA’s key roles include but are not limited to the following:

  1.  Language Access and Federal Compliance: Supports city agencies to achieve compliance with Language Access laws. MIMA provides language access resources to city employees to overcome language barriers when serving residents whose English is not their first language.
  2. Community Building and Engagement: Coordinates community engagement and promotes civic participation, helping immigrants become active members of society.
  3. Messaging and Communications: Facilitates communication tailored to immigrants' needs, ensuring that information about policies, events, and opportunities is accessible and understandable in the City’s five core languages.
  4. Technical Assistance and Comprehensive Support: Serves as a hub where City agencies can access information and resources related to demographics, language access, training, outreach strategies, messaging and communications, information dissemination, best practices, policies, and more. MIMA’s work is to ensure that local government agencies are culturally competent and sensitive to the needs of immigrant communities as programs and services are developed and implemented.
  5. Advocacy and Policy Development: Advocates for the rights and interests of immigrants. In this role, MIMA informs the development of more inclusive and effective polices and processes at the local level.