Tuesday, May 12, 2020
Census Counts issued a letter to Congress, signed by 144 national, state, and local groups outlining recommendations to closely examine the Census Bureau’s adjusted operational timeline are impacting 2020 Census outreach.
The recommendations include:
- Two additional census mailings with the paper questionnaire and a reminder that households can respond on their own through October 31
- An updated Communications
- Campaign that includes new languages, targeting of low-response and Update Leave/Update Enumerate areas, and messaging that reflects the pandemic and how the census workforce will operate in this new environment
- Expanded staffing of Census
- Questionnaire Assistance for all languages and a reimagined Mobile Questionnaire Assistance operation
- Updated guidance for stakeholders
- A timeline to enumerate people experiencing homelessness
- More data to support outreach campaigns
- Ensuring a robust Post-Enumeration
- Survey, which measures the accuracy of the census
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