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How much funding does Texas receive based on Census data?
Expanding on recent research demonstrating that in Fiscal Year 2017 states and localities annually received over $1.5 trillion dollars in census-guided federal funding from 316 programs, George Washington University’s “Counting [...]
Texas Counts Partners Participate in Ethic Media Services Seminar in Houston
This article appears courtesy of Ethnic Media Services. Houston Rises to Census Count Challenge Absent State Dollars By Khalil Abdullah Houston, TX -- Houston may already be the [...]
Outreach Begins to Group Living Facilities Ahead of 2020 Census
Ahead of the self-response period starting in mid-March, the U.S. Census Bureau is contacting group living facilities across the nation ahead of the 2020 Census to ensure accurate counts of [...]
Texas Counts Recognized as Census Reference for Medical Providers by Texas Medical Association
Texas Counts effort is mentioned in the article,"Help Patients Stand Up to Be Counted in the Census" by Sean Price on the Texas Medical Association website: Excerpt: Every 10 [...]
Awareness Phase of Census Messaging Addresses Concerns About Confidentiality, Privacy, and Security
As part of the "Awareness" advertising and messaging phase of the 2020 Census, the U.S. Census Bureau has created a timely page around data protection to address concerns about [...]
Webinar on Census Messaging Strategy
The Census Project presents their webinar on Census Messaging Strategy.
Take Action: Pledge to Complete the 2020 Census with Texas Organizing Project
The Texas Organizing Project (TOP) invites all Texans to take their pledge to be counted in the 2020 Census: Take the TOP Census Pledge From TOP: The Census [...]
Featured Resource: Census Counts 2020 Hub
Census Counts 2020 has a wealth of resources available on their hub. Their hub includes webinars, digital organizing tools, and an extensive library of data, facts, and FAQs. This [...]
News: Census Questionnaire Guides Released in 60 Languages
The U.S. Census Bureau has released census questionnaire guides in 60 different languages detailing the bureau's explanation of how to fill out the census questionnaire. The guide will also be available in braille and large print in [...]
Where to Report False Information About the Census from Color of Change
From Color of Change: The Color of Change has shared their Census Disinformation Reporting portal, a tool for reporting false or misleading information that has been intentionally designed to confuse or [...]
Featured Article: “Census 2020 – Count All Kids Alert” from Child Care Aware of America
This article by Debbie Stein and Child Care Aware of America originally appeared here: Once every 10 years, our nation undergoes the gargantuan task of “counting every one, only once, [...]
Featured Article: “Colonias to Immigrants: We Need You at Census Time” from The Pew Charitable Trusts
This article (with a useful interactive map for understanding the colonias at the original source) by Tim Henderson originally appeared on The Pew Charitable Trusts website: A colonia is one [...]
