This funders’ guide provides an overview of the 2010 census, summarizes the challenges to achieving an accurate count, and describes funding strategies for reaching populations that have historically been undercounted, such as people of color, immigrants, limited-English speakers, renters, low-income groups, among others.
Achieving an accurate census count is critically important to all states and localities because the decennial census informs the decisions of government and business leaders, determines political representation, and defines the level of public funding for health care, human services, education, and transportation, among many other essential services.
Although this guide was produced specifically for California funders, its background information—as well as the principles, strategies, and resources—are useful and relevant to grantmakers in other states and regions. Foundations interested in supporting the 2010 Census can also find additional resources from the national Funders’ Census Initiative of the Funders’ Committee for Civic Participation, which will soon publish Census 2010 Funder Toolkit: What Funders Can Do to Increase the Count.
GCIR’s California Immigrant Integration Initiative (CIII) seeks to strengthen the local immigrant integration infrastructure in communities across California, which is home to 25% of the nation’s foreign-born population. In addition to maximizing the participation of hard-to-count populations in the 2010 Census, CIII’s current priorities include expanding citizenship services, including ESL, legal services, and application assistance—as well as increasing the strategic communications capacity of immigrant organizations across the state.
If you wish to recieve a hard copy, contact Amanda Graves at amanda@gcir.org or 707.824.4374. For more information, contact Rebecca Dames at rebecca@gcir.org or 213.407.0018.
The NRFU phase, which stands for “Non-Response Follow-Up,” is the last in the Census process and represents the final push to collect Census information. The NRFU campaign encourages households who have not returned their Census form to welcome and cooperate with the Census taker that may knock on their door. Messaging for the NRFU campaign assures all that Census takers are sworn to secrecy and that they are there to help.
The NRFU phase, which stands for “Non-Response Follow-Up,” is the last in the Census process and represents the final push to collect Census information. The NRFU campaign encourages households who have not returned their Census form to welcome and cooperate with the Census taker that may knock on their door. Messaging for the NRFU campaign assures all that Census takers are sworn to secrecy and that they are there to help.
The NRFU phase, which stands for “Non-Response Follow-Up,” is the last in the Census process and represents the final push to collect Census information. The NRFU campaign encourages households who have not returned their Census form to welcome and cooperate with the Census taker that may knock on their door. Messaging for the NRFU campaign assures all that Census takers are sworn to secrecy and that they are there to help.
The NRFU phase, which stands for “Non-Response Follow-Up,” is the last in the Census process and represents the final push to collect Census information. The NRFU campaign encourages households who have not returned their Census form to welcome and cooperate with the Census taker that may knock on their door. Messaging for the NRFU campaign assures all that Census takers are sworn to secrecy and that they are there to help.
The NRFU phase, which stands for “Non-Response Follow-Up,” is the last in the Census process and represents the final push to collect Census information. The NRFU campaign encourages households who have not returned their Census form to welcome and cooperate with the Census taker that may knock on their door. Messaging for the NRFU campaign assures all that Census takers are sworn to secrecy and that they are there to help.
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