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2020 Census Overview

2019-Health Equity Summit

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Erin Yasenchak-Partnership Specialist

Nathiefa Hamilton-Partnership Specialist

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Shape Your Future

https://youtu.be/LXJz7ZfzAuM

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Agenda• What is the U.S. Census Bureau• 2020 Census- Important, Safe, Easy• What to Expect in the Mail• Challenges of 2020• Overcoming Challenges/ How Can You Help?• Tools/Resources• ROAM

• Low Response Variables/ County Maps• Federal Funding & Programs• Health Statistics• Questions• Breakout

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2020 Census

Conducted every 10 years since 1790 (years ending in zero)

Counts every resident in the United States where they live and sleep most of the time

“To count everyone once, only once, and in the right place”

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U.S. Constitutional

Mandate, Article 1, Section 2

Apportion seats in U.S. House of Representatives

Conduct redistricting at

the federal, state, and local

levels

Distribute over $675 billion

federal dollars to state and

local governments

Provide statistical

support for grant

applications

Help community

plan for future needs

Importance of the 2020 Census

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2020 CensusData Is Confidential

Responses are confidential, safe, and secure.

• Answers cannot be used against you in any way.

• Responses to the 2020 Census are protected by federal law.

• All Census Bureau staff take a lifetime oath to protect your personal information and any violation comes with a penalty of up to $250,000 and/or up to 5 years in prison.

There are no exceptions.• The law requires the Census

Bureau to keep everyone’s information confidential. By law, your responses cannot be used against you by any government agency or court in any way.

• The Census Bureau will not share an individual’s responses with immigration enforcement agencies, law enforcement agencies, or allow that information to be used to determine eligibility for government benefits.

• Title 13 makes it very clear that the data we collect can only be used for statistical purposes—we cannot allow it to be used for anything else, including law enforcement.

We will never ask for:• Your full social security number.• Money or donations.• Anything on behalf of a political

party.• Your full bank or credit card

account numbers.

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Self Response Is Easier Than Ever.• You will be able to respond anytime, from

anywhere. Regardless of how households receive their invitation to respond they will be able to do so online, by mail, or over the phone.

• The Internet Self-Response instrument has been optimized for responses from smartphones and mobile devices.

• Self-respond in English or one of 12 non-English languages.

• Print and video language guides are in 59 non-English languages provided to field partnership specialists and available online.

• Video language guide will be available in American Sign Language, print guides will be available in braille and large print.

• Partnership specialists will be hired from within local communities, emphasizing the importance of communicating in local languages.

2020 CensusResponding Is Easier Than Ever—Online, by Mail, or Over the Phone

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What to expect in the mail!• Letter Invitation to respond online

• If the area is likely to respond online then they will receive a letter asking you to respond online.

• Letters will be delivered over a few days in an attempt to spread out the number of respondents going online at same time and to be able to assist over the phone.

• If an area is less likely to respond on line they will receive a letter and a paper questionnaire.

• Will also include instructions on how to respond online or by phone.

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2020 Census

Constrained fiscal

environment

Rapidly changing use of

technology

Distrust in government

Declining response rates

Increasingly diverse

population

Informal, complex living arrangements

A mobile population

2020 Census Environment/Challenges

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Overcoming Challenges through Partnerships

• Your Trusted Voice to encourage everyone’s participation

• Local knowledge and insight of the community to reach everyone with the Census Bureau’s messaging

—Ensure the Privacy; Confidentiality of responses—Promote Employment Opportunities

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How Can you help?Local Organizations/Governments Can Collaborate with the

U.S. Census Bureau

Operational Support

Provide space that can be used for testing, on-boarding, training, etc.

Provide lists of residential institutions

Provide lists of shelters, service providers, and transient locations

Promote temporary job opportunitiesPromotional Support

Form a Complete Count Committee (elected officials, community groups, faith based, social service, health, business, etc.)

Encourage census participation in newsletters, on websites, alert systems, drop-in articles, etc.

Bridge the Gap between the Census and the community

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Tools/Resources

https://www.2020census.gov/partners.htmlU.S. Census Bureau Partnership Website:

Response Outreach Area Mapper (ROAM):https://www.census.gov/roam

Pennsylvania State Data Center:https://pennsylvaniacounts2020.info/

*Census staff are available to be support and technical resources*Census staff provides CCC training

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Response Outreach Area Mapper (ROAM) https://www.census.gov/roam• Public mapping application that

displays characteristics of hard-to-count areas from the PDB

• ACS 5-year estimates data• Census tract level

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Low Response Score Variables

LRS Score: predicts mail return rate ACS Variables:

Total Pop Household Med Income % Pop under age 5 % Pop over age 65 % below Poverty Level Race Data Language Data

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Northampton County, PALow Response Score Map

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Health Statistics for US Census Bureau

Health Statistics are increasingly important in measuring the nations overall well-being. Census Bureau provides accurate detailed up-to-date statistics covering people and businesses relating to health in America

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Health Video

https://www.census.gov/topics/health.html

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Health Statistics for US Census BureauExamples of Statistics• Produce Statistics on prevalence of disability and fertility• Percentage of people with and without health insurance

even down to the county level through Small AreaInsurance Estimates

• Collect data on international HIV/AIDS and health care access for other agencies

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Health Statistics for US Census BureauExamples of Statistics Collected• Disability- statistics about people who have difficulty doing ordinary

activities along with estimates of disability prevalence• Expenses & Investments- statistics on how health care establishment

collects funds and spends money from day-to-day operations to long-term• Fertility- Historical perspective showing the cumulative fertility experience of

women which is available in June Supplement of Current Population Survey. This includes questions about fertility of American women and men, mothers participating in workforce and maternity leave

• American Community Survey- collects data on current fertility

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Questions?

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Response Outreach Area Mapper (ROAM) https://www.census.gov/roam• Public mapping application that

displays characteristics of hard-to-count areas from the PDB

• ACS 5-year estimates data• Census tract level

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