Native Census Coalition Weekly Meeting · Address can be corrected online, by phone or on paper...
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Native Census CoalitionWeekly Meeting
Friday, June 12, 2020
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Agenda
▪ Welcome & Introductions
▪ Updates
▪ Executive Director
▪ Tribal Partnership Specialist(s), USCB
▪ Urban Coordinator
▪ Pueblo Coordinator
▪ Media/Communications Coordinator
▪ Announcements
▪ Next Meeting
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Welcome & Introductions
▪ Name
▪ Tribe or Organization
▪ What was your high school mascot?
▪ A success this week
▪ A challenge this week
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Executive Director Update
NM TRIBAL WI-FI HOTSPOT PROGRAM
NAVA Education Project in partnership with SFIS & ITDRC want to provide Tribalcommunities with FREE Wi-Fi Hotspots to extend existing networks to a widerrange to allow more community members to access the internet.
INCREASED ACCESS BENEFITS COMMUNITY TRIBE & MEMBERS
❖ CENSUS – respond easily online to ensure a complete and accurate count❖ Absentee Ballot registration, Tele-education, language programs, SNAP❖ Contactless Tele-health, small business, unemployment, support services
Fill out the online application or email the paper version by June 15th Deadlinehttps://www.navaeducationproject.org/covd19-hotspot-application
For more information call: 505-246-1819 Email: [email protected]
Or Visit: www.navaeducationproject.org (click on pic) →
• Hand sanitizer available
• 40 bottles for each community
• Contact Ahtza or Charlotte to arrange delivery/pick up
Ahtza: [email protected]
Charlotte: [email protected]
• Masks
• Design completed
• 500 to be distributed next week
• Will begin with tribes where Update Leave is starting
• Urging all to spend 2019 funds
• Not likely that State Legislature will approve extension of Census outreach funds
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Tribal Partnership Specialists
Census Bureau Updates
• Northern Pueblo & Jicarilla Apache – Kenny Pin, TPS
• Nambe – 2 Census workers hire
• Ohkay Owingeh – Opening June 15
• Tesuque – Open but no date for UL
• Taos – New CB supervisor, Cameron Martinez
• Jicarilla Apache – Closed through July 26
• New COVID 19 Cases identified
• Southern Pueblos, Amber Carrillo, TPS
• Isleta – UL begins 6/15
• Zuni – 13 tribal members hired, date to be set
• Mescalero Apache
• No report
• Navajo, Arbin Mitchell (by email)
• CCC Team attending Navajo Virtual Town Hall meeting today
• UL resumed June 11 – through July 9
• Tribal Update Leave Schedule (attached) - As of June 12
• Message to Tribal Leaders
• Census packages will be dropped off at each home
• Census worker(s) will not have contact with people in home
• Masks and hand sanitizer provided to each employee
• If request for gloves is made, CB will provide
• Virtual Phone banking
• Tribal Partnership Specialists will update all as UL dates are scheduled
• TPS supports phone banks
• Conduct after Census packets are dropped
• Gives people time to review packet, discuss with people in the home, and respond
• They will share same message with their colleagues
• Tribal Partnership Specialists now allowed to travel
• Available to assist with deliveries
• Have water bottles, bags and other promotional items
• Contact your TPS (Kenny, Amber, Kendra, Arbin)
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Urban Coordinator Update
▪ Response Rates
▪ Tracking results
▪ https://2020census.gov/en/response-rates.html▪ My Tribal Area
▪ Demographic info on Tribal Communities
▪ https://www.census.gov/tribal/?sec_ak_reference=18.7fb21bb8.1580179128.13a48c9d
▪ Request for Community Based Organizations
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Pueblo Coordinator Update
▪ Update Leave in Tribal Communities
▪ Continue message: Look for Census package and respond to Census using 12-digit ID; even if previously completed without code
▪ Status Report (see slide 9)
▪ Address issue at Santa Clara
▪ Packet has incorrect home address; but has 12-digit ID
▪ Barcode will confirm package belongs to home
▪ Address can be corrected online, by phone or on paper
▪ Strategy at Santo Domingo
▪ Tribal Administration strongly supports completion of Census form
▪ Financial distribution to households (residents only) when completed form is completed
▪ 2020 Census Outreach Funds
▪ Financial reports for both Round 1 and 2 due to IAD June 10
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Media/Communications Coordinator Update
▪ Prep for Update Leave
▪ Census Swag Purchases
▪ https://nmnativecensus.org/census-swag/
▪ W-9s for each vendor are available
▪ Tewa video completed
▪ Available on Facebook
▪ Will make available on website for those without FB
▪ Zuni video being finalized
▪ Plans being made to run video on TV screen at tribal building
• Resources page from our website:
https://nmnativecensus.org/resources/
• Video gallery from our website:
https://nmnativecensus.org/our-media/video-
gallery/
• Sign up for our newsletter: Sign Up Here
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Announcements▪ VAN and Virtual Phone Banking Training will be
scheduled
▪ Agreements with IAD require attendance by each Pueblo and Tribe
▪ Job Openings
▪ US Census Bureau continues to hire for Non-Response Follow Up (NRFU) operation
▪ https://2020census.gov/en/jobs.html
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Next Coalition Meeting
Friday, June 12
10:30 am – 11:45 am