Agenda 05-21-19 6-a - 2020 Census Complete Count Committee

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12 Here are some suggestions that worked for them: • Develop a 2019 Census Activity Calendar, ask organizations to choose a month in which they • Set clear achievable goals and objectives. will sponsor census activities or promote census • Identify what the committee will focus on. Some awareness. examples include increasing the response rate . Ask organizations to include a census article or in public housing communities among cultural/ message in all of their publications and social ethnic groups in your area or among students in media channels from April 2019 to July 2020. colleges/universities, outreach and promotion to youth and elderly in the community, or a global January-March 2020 approach if no other CCCs are in the area. • Encourage organizations to include 2020 Census • Develop an action plan that includes activities and on the agenda of their meetings, workshops, or events which will support your efforts and help conferences. you meet your goals and objectives. • Distribute/post on social media fliers announcing • Create promotional materials that appeal to your the invitation to respond to the census at busy community. locations in the community. • Implement special events that will generate • Make public statements of support and the impor- interest and participation in the census. tance of participating in the 2020 Census. • Use social media to engage your community. ApH12020 Sample Activities of Community Complete • Encourage households to complete the question- Count Committees naire online, by phone, or by mail. 2018-2019 • Plan a Census Day event to motivate the commu- nity response. • Make a list of community-based organizations in your area. Hold a meeting with leaders of the • Look online or check with your census contact organizations and solicit their help in creating person about response rates for your community. a census awareness campaign targeted to If rates are low, plan special events or activities to community members. motivate individuals to respond. • Host a Census Solutions Workshop with other • Remind households if they didn't respond online, community-based organizations in your area to by phone, or mail their questionnaire back, a cen- come up with innovative and engaging ways to sus worker may come to their home. Encourage reach your communities. households to cooperate with census workers. • Check the community calendar in your area for May 2020 events. Contact organizations to see if you can • Continue to encourage community individuals to have a census table to pass out census materials cooperate with census workers. to increase awareness. • Evaluate what worked best for your community • Plan and solicit sponsors for a "Census Day/Night and briefly report this information to your census Street Festival" in late 2019. Think of creative contact. games or activities where census information can be incorporated. Celebrate your success and thank all those involved in making it happen. U.S.Census Bureau 2020 Census Complete Count Committee Guide 7