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CHAPTER 1-THE COMPLETE COLTN'1_' COMMITTEE PROGRAM <br />A~t~CrttitErtT f .~- <br />. r" a <br />For Census 2000, the Census Bureau is offering state, local, and tribal governments the <br />opportunity to participate in a number of programs and activities that will contribute to a more <br />accurate count. One of these programs, the Complete Count Committee Program, is a <br />cooperative effort between governments and the Census Bureau to incorporate local knowledge, <br />expertise, influence, and resources to enhance census efforts in data collection, recruiting, and <br />promotional activities. <br />Established by the highest-elected government official, Complete Count Committees aze <br />comprised of key influential community leaders including representatives from government, <br />education, media, community and religious organizations, and businesses. The Complete Count <br />Committee embodies the importance of cooperative efforts between state, local, and tribal <br />governments; the communities; and the Census Bureau. <br />Get started on your Complete Count Committee program soon! Identify community leaders and <br />gatekeepers to serve as committee members; develop acommunity-specific plan of action for <br />Census 2000; and take the lead in communicating the importance of participating in the census. <br />A. Role of the Local Complete Count Committee <br />1. Goal of the Complete Count Committee <br />• Make everyone in the community awaze of Census 2000. <br />• Motivate communities to participate by filling out the census form and returning it <br />immediately. <br />2. Objectives of the Complete Count Committee <br />• Develop a local targeted plan of action to support Census 2000 operations, <br />recruiting, and promotion. . <br />• Use highly visible and well-respected local figures to increase community support <br />for and response to the census. <br />• Promote the census to community residents through government departments, <br />particulazly those agencies with extensive public contacts. <br />L <br />• Implement activities that will improve census participation by all residents, <br />especially historically undercounted segments of the population. <br />