Local Complete Count Committees Everyone Counts Complete Count

Local Complete Count Committees Everyone Counts

Complete Count Committee The Committee does the work Committee: gets funding, print and other distribution materials; create timelines of activities; organizes events and interactions with existing events; liaison with state and/or reginal census committees Identifies Partners based on their role in the community Enlists Partners that use their networks to get the word and materials out Brain storm outreach and engagement strategies with Partners based on their knowledge of their constituents

Partners get the word out to their constituencies Use their network of constituencies for disseminating information Provide a degree of trust into the census process Allow space in their existing events for census information and participation Help inform Committee on effective community engagement activities Identify potential community members as resources

Community Engagement / Outreach

Libraries

Provide Information that clarifies how to answer census questions

Additional Ideas For Complete Count Use the Census Mapper to understand both what areas are low responders and their demographics Seek out those that were involved in the 2010 census work in your community Hold design contests in grade schools to involve students and their parents and create materials for social media, flyers, news letters, etc. Reach out to institutions of higher education’s graphic design departments and graduate students for a design contest Involve people who are already involved and trusted in their neighborhood as ambassadors to their constituencies Hold events in the hard to count areas that will provide an incentive such as gift cards, food, and entertainment Stay within your state’s branding of the census even if your community name or target population is added Piggy back on other events already organized that will bring people together in one place

The Census Mapper of Low Response Census Tracts With HUD Block Group Data Use the HUD Block Group Low/Mod data to target those within the low response tracts for recruiting community members, holding events, and focusing outreach and engagement materials in. Mapper provides demographics for each selected tract to better understand its makeup of people

Funding Sources State Foundations Private Foundations City Appropriation Libraries Schools Non Profit Agencies

Web Resources Statistics In Schools (SIS) program (https: //www. census. gov/schools/ ), which brings school subjects to life using real-world Census Bureau data to create materials for use year after year at all grade levels. SIS provides some incredible materials that allow you to better prepare students for a data-driven world. The Internet Self-Response Video https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=f. Xg 1_1 HHKz. A&feature=youtu. be will be available in English and 59 non-English languages.

Webinar: “Complete Count Committees and the 2020 Census https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=S 8 -N 85 y. Qk. Xg&feature=youtu. be 2020 Census Complete Count Committee Guide – you can download here: https: //www. census. gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census/2020 census/complete_count. html ROAM mapper https: //www. census. gov/roam Rhode Island Statewide Complete Count Committee http: //www. planning. ri. gov/planning -areas/Census/census-2020. php US Census Bureau overview of Complete Count Committees https: //www. census. gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census/2020 census/complete_count. html 2020 Census jobs: https: //2020 census. gov/en/jobs

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