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2010 CensusPartnership Program
Presented By
Mary L. Peeler
Partnership and Data Services Coordinator
United States Census Bureau
Charlotte Region
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Partnership Program Purpose
To develop and foster partnerships with state, local, and tribal governments;
community-based organizations; faith-based groups; educational institutions and
groups; media outlets; businesses; and other grassroots entities to increase
participation in the 2010 Census
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Goals of the Partnership Program
Increase mail response
Improve accuracy and reduce the
differential undercount
Improve cooperation with enumerators
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Increase Mail Response
A self-generated mail response is more accurate than an enumerator-filled response
Census 2000 exceeded expectations!
The 2010 Census mail response goal is INTENSE!
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Mail Response
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Improve Accuracy – Decrease Differential Undercount
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1990 2000
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AIAN (on)
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1990 was tough
2000 reversed every expectation
2010 will be ???
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Improve Cooperation with Enumerators
Enumerate approximately 40 million housing units during Nonresponse Followup
Recruit nearly 3.8 million applicants in 2009 and 2010
Hire 1.3 million workers across all census operations
Partnerships:
Reach into local communities, especially those hardest to count
Generate public awareness to increase mail response
Heighten buzz within hard to count communities to make the 2010 Census theirs
Mobilize community leaders to exponentially engage their constituents to be counted
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How Many Partnership Staff?
Core Regional Partnership Team hired and trained in 2008 – 120 staff
Peak Partnership Staffing between January 2009 and June 2010 – 680 staff
Ramp down of Partnership Program in 2011 – 48 staff
Each RCC will have 55 partnership staff on average
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Challenges
Post-9/11 Terrorist Psyche
Charged Political Environment
Hyper-Charged Immigration Debate
Katrina and Federal Government’s Response
Greater Diversity in Our Nation’s Population
Measuring Up to the Census 2000 “Best Census Ever”
Strategies
Complete Count Committee
Tribal Liaison Program
Targeted Outreach to Hard to Count Populations
Language Support Program
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Strategies (continued)
Census in School Program
Be Counted Sites
Telephone Questionnaire Assistance
Questionnaire Assistance Centers
Localized Promotional Materials
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Complete Count Committee
Volunteer committee established by local or tribal government
Members are appointed by the highest elected official
Charged with developing and implementing plans to increase participation in the Census
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Tribal Liaison Program
Government to government relationship with federal or state recognized tribe
Tribe appoints individual to serve as the tribal liaison
Main contact for the sharing of information between Census Bureau and tribe
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Language Assistance Program
Questionnaires will be available in the following languages:
EnglishChinese (Simplified & Formal)Korean Russian
SpanishVietnamese
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Language Assistance Program (continued)
Targeted mailing of 10 million bilingual Spanish/English questionnaires in 42 states.
Language Assistance Guides available in 51+ languages.
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Language Assistance Program (continued)
Language Identification Flashcards include a minimum of 38 languages and potentially all Language Assistance Guide languages.
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Census In Schools
Curriculum and teaching materials that introduce students to the purpose and importance of the census and census activities/products
Engage students to get them to encourage their parents to complete and return their census questionnaires
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Be Counted Sites
Provides a means for people to be included who believe they did not receive a questionnaire or were excluded otherwise.
Boxes with Be Counted questionnaires will be located in sites where these potential respondents would most likely see them.
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Telephone Questionnaire Assistance
A toll-free number for respondents to call to get help completing questionnaire
Assistance provided in language for:
Chinese (Simplified & Formal)
Korean Russian
SpanishVietnamese
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Questionnaire Assistance Centers
Census Bureau staff will:
– Provide assistance in completing questionnaires
– Provide special language assistance
– Answer general questions
Localized Promotional Materials
Partners Portal on the Census website will contain promotional materials that can be customized for local use.
Partners may customize other census-related promotional items for their use.
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2010 Census
It’s In Our Hands
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