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5 <br />What is the due date for returning the form? <br />Households should complete and mail back their forms upon receipt. Ideally, all <br />forms will be returned by Census Day on April 1, 2010. Census workers will visit <br />households that do not return forms to take a count in person. <br />Can I respond on the Internet? <br />No, this option is not available. Please complete and mail back your census form <br />so the Census Bureau can get a complete and accurate count in 2010. <br />What type of assistance is available to help people complete the form? <br />2010 Census form language assistance guides are available in at least 59 <br />languages. Questionnaire Assistance Centers (QAC) also will assist those <br />unable to read or understand the form. A Teletext Device for the Deaf (TDD) <br />program will help the hearing impaired. Contact your Regional Census Center for <br />more details about the types of assistance available and for QAC locations. <br />DURHAM LOCAL CENSUS OFFICE (Serving Durham, Franklin, Granville, <br />Orange, Person, Vance, and Warren Counties) <br />201 West Main Street, Ste. 201 <br />Durham, NC 27701-3228 <br />919-328-1310 <br />Why does the Census Bureau want our names? <br />The Census Bureau requests names for the following reasons: <br />To help ensure people are not counted twice in the census. <br />To help eliminate simple errors like counting "Mary Jones" as a male. <br />To allow you, and only you, to obtain a record from the Census Bureau at <br />a later time if necessary for proving age, citizenship or family relationship. <br />Some people need this information to qualify for Social Security benefits, <br />to obtain passports and to have official proof for other purposes. <br />Although names are requested, the Census Bureau treats names the same as <br />other census information provided - it is protected by law and strictly <br />confidential. Information collected is used for statistical purposes only; the <br />Census Bureau cannot publish or release information that would .identify you or <br />your household. <br />Why does the Census Bureau need my telephone number? <br />The Census Bureau may need to clarify your form responses. If the Bureau has a <br />telephone number, it may be able to do this without having to send a census <br />worker to your home. Your telephone number is kept confidential, as are all your <br />responses. <br />