Webinar: Census Disinformation
Looking to learn more about how to address and protect against disinformation and the 2020 Census? This webinar discusses how to identify census disinformation, using the debunked home affairs hoax as an example.
NEA Census Artwork
These posters were created by the National Education Association intended for classrooms around the country.
Winning Narratives: 2020 Census
This resource by the Fair Immigration Reform Movement provides a look at key messages that can be used when talking about the census.
Webinar: Data Sharing, Census Confidentiality, and Trump’s Executive Order
Please join us for this informative webinar to address concerns around census confidentiality, provide messaging recommendations to answer community questions, and discuss the implications of Trump’s Executive Order on citizenship data. In this webinar, participants will learn the Executive Order means, understand census confidentiality protections, receive message guidance for responding to community concerns, and actions that stakeholders can take to address census confidentiality concerns.
2020 Census Arab American Toolkit
Download the 2020 Census Arab American Toolkit to learn more on how you can play a part in ensuring Arab Americans around the country know what the Census is, why it matters, and how we all can make sure we, our families and our communities are counted fairly and accurately in 2020.
Census in the Field FAQs
This resource answers all of the frequently asked questions on organizing in the field for census.
Quick Facts: 2020 Census Operations
This section of the GOTC toolkit goes over everything you need to know about 2020 Census operations in quick and easy facts.
GOTC Field Guidance
The Leadership Conference, State Voices, and Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance (APALA), along with other national hub partners have pulled together this guidance for census outreach in the field, the Dos and Don’ts of community outreach and door-to-door canvassing, along with other resources.
Providing Assistance with the Census Questionnaire
This section discusses the assistance provided by the Census Bureau, and also includes information on language assistance resources and hotlines from Census Counts.
#AAPI2020 Lunar New Year Toolkit
This is a collaboration among the National Council for Asian Pacific Americans (NCAPA), Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance (APALA), Asian & Pacific Islander American Health Forum (APIAHF), Empowering Pacific Islander Communities (EPIC), and Asian Americans Advancing Justice | AAJC and includes tips and content for talking about the census with your friends, family, neighbors, and communities during Lunar New Year gatherings.
Count On Your Census Podcast
Asian Americans Advancing Justice created Count On Your Census to promote a robust response to our nation’s Decennial Census.
You Count! Be Counted – Census Video for People with Disabilities
This video from The Arc of the United States is focused on providing facts to people with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (I/DD) on the 2020 Census including what the census is, how to complete it, and why it is important for people with disabilities
Get Your Community Counted: A Guide for Organizations
This fact sheet from The Arc of the United States is focused on providing suggestions to organizations on how to provide valuable information on the 2020 Census to the disability community and beyond.
You Count! Be Counted – Census Fact Sheet for People with Disabilities
This plain language document from The Arc of the United States is focused on providing information to people with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (I/DD) on the 2020 Census including what the census is, how to complete it, and why it is important for people with disabilities.
How to Identify a Census Taker
This factsheet from Asian Americans Advancing Justice is a community education material focused on how to identify a census taker.
Language Resources and How to Get Assistance
This factsheet from Asian Americans Advancing Justice is a community education material focused on the variety of language resources available when filling out the census.
Engaging Your Friends and Family in the 2020 Census
This factsheet from Asian Americans Advancing Justice is a community education material focused on the best way to discuss the 2020 census with your friends and family.
Counting Your Family and Young Children
This factsheet from Asian Americans Advancing Justice is a community education material focused on the importance of counting young children in the 2020 census.
Census Confidentiality
This factsheet from Asian Americans Advancing Justice is a community education material focused on census confidentiality.
How the 2020 Census Affects Your Community
This factsheet from Asian Americans Advancing Justice is a community education material focused on how your community is impacted by the 2020 census.
How Do I Respond to the 2020 Census and What Does it Ask Me?
This factsheet from Asian Americans Advancing Justice is a community education material focused on how to respond to the 2020 census.
Why the Census Matters for Women & Girls
Census data help guide the distribution of federal funds for programs that serve millions of women and girls with low incomes. The data also help us make decisions about how to support women, girls, and their communities. This fact sheet, published jointly with the National Women’s Law Center, highlights barriers to fairly and accurately counting women and girls in the decennial census and programs that could be impacted by an inaccurate count.
Debunking the Myths about the Citizenship Question on the 2020 Census Form
Download the fact sheet from Advancing Justice | AAJC and NALEO Educational Fund on myths about the 2020 Census citizenship question
Preparing for the 2020 Census: How State Legislators Can Ensure That Every Person Counts
Common Cause, State Innovation Exchange (SiX), and The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights has prepared a document for how state legislators can ensure a fair and accurate count.
What Does the 2020 Census Ask Me?
This factsheet from Asian Americans Advancing Justice is a community education material focused on what to expect on the 2020 census.
2020 Census: Timeline
This timeline from Asian Americans Advancing Justice is a community education material that highlights key dates for the census through the end of 2020.
Census 101
This GOTC factsheet from Asian Americans Advancing Justice is a community education material that provides a brief overview of the census.
Webinar: Engaging K 12 Students Teachers on the 2020 Census
This webinar focuses on how students from K-12, teachers, and organizations can help ensure that young children and students are counted in the 2020 Census.
Webinar: Engaging College Students on the 2020 Census
This webinar focuses on how college students, organizations, and staff can get involved in ensuring that college students are counted in the 2020 Census. Our guest speakers discusses how the University of Chicago is planning to Get Out the Count (GOTC) on their campus and local community and how students can take part in APIAVote’s Youth Ambassador program!
Webinar: Census and Data
This webinar discusses census and data security, diving deeper into how the Census Bureau will be addressing security challenges on the first ever online census questionnaire. We also discuss how the Census Bureau keeps census data confidential and how census data are used to allocate federal funding.
2020 Get Out the Count Community Engagement and Communications Toolkit
Asian Americans Advancing Justice is leading the Count Us In 2020 campaign focused on Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander communities. This is a comprehensive toolkit on community engagement and communication tips for 2020 GOTC efforts. This was last updated December 2019.
APALA Pledge Cards
Pledge cards from The Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance in multiple languages.
Webinar: Best Practices and Staying Legal: Census Phone and Texting Outreach
As we approach the 2020 Census, many organizations nationally and locally are planning to use phone calls and peer-to-peer texting programs to Get Out The Count. The Census Bureau recently released guidance around outreach that seemed to prohibit utilizing such tactics to drive responses to the Census 2020. However, this messaging does not fully reflect the outreach options that organizations have when promoting participation in the Census. To ensure that everyone stay in compliance while maximizing census outreach, the Census Counts coalition is hosting a webinar to walk through what the guidance means, what organizations can and cannot do, and some best practices from the field.
Counting People in Correctional Facilities
Many people living in group quarters, such as correctional facilities, are at risk of being undercounted in the 2020 Census. This Group Quarters Operation fact sheet provides advocates and stakeholders with an overview of how people living in correctional facilities will be counted during the 2020 Census.
Counting Military Personnel
Many people living in group quarters, such as military personnel, are at risk of being undercounted in the 2020 Census. This Group Quarters Operation fact sheet provides advocates and stakeholders with an overview of how different types of military personnel will be counted during the 2020 Census.
Counting People in Health Care Facilities
Many people living in group quarters, such as health care facilities, are at risk of being undercounted in the 2020 Census. This Group Quarters Operation fact sheet provides advocates and stakeholders an overview of how people living in health care facilities, including nursing, residential treatment, psychiatric, and hospice facilities, will be counted during the 2020 Census.
Counting People Living in Crisis & Interim Housing
Many people living in group quarters, such as crisis and interim housing, are at risk of being undercounted in the 2020 Census. This Group Quarters Operation series fact sheet provides advocates and stakeholders with an overview of how people living in crisis and interim housing will be counted during the 2020 Census.
Counting People in Colleges & Universities
Many people living in group quarters, such as colleges and universities, are at risk of being undercounted in the 2020 Census. This Group Quarters Operation fact sheet provides advocates and stakeholders with an overview of how people living in college and university-run housing will be counted during the 2020 Census.
The Hispanic Origin and Race Questions in Census 2020
NALEO Education Fund webinar and policy brief on background, history, and evolution of the Hispanic origin and race questions and challenges in 2020 Census.
2020 Census Kiosk Toolkit
The 2020 Census Kiosk Toolkit is a guide and resource bank to help communities easily implement kiosk programs to encourage online census responses and ensure that all residents are counted.
Brochures Designed for Offices
Brochures targeted towards several different service providers, including SNAP, housing, legal, and medical offices. The brochures explain why the Census is important and highlights different statistics related to undercounts and social service funding streams.
Why the Census Matters to LGBTQ People – State Factsheets
A 50-state fact sheet series that details why the Census matters to LGBTQ people. It includes state-specific information related to social service funding, important election dates, and undercounts.
FAQs in Privacy and Confidentiality
A short FAQ on the privacy and confidentiality aspects of the decennial census.
An Introduction to the 2020 Census
A guide that gives a brief explanation of the Census and answers questions from the LGBTQ community about the name, sex, relationship, and household size questions. It also highlights the questions on the Census and breaks down some of the questions.
Why the Census Matters to LGBTQ People
Fact sheet on why the Census matters to LGBTQ people with nationwide data related to social service funding and democracy.
Census Business Toolkits for Every State
ReadyNation's state-specific census toolkits are designed to help business owners and operators contribute to a strong count. The toolkits are short to provide easy access to census materials for people focused on the daily operation of their business.
TOOLKIT: Holidays and the 2020 Census
The holidays are just around the corner, and it's a great time to talk about the Census! Whether your family is completely new to the Census or they're worried about the citizenship question, the toolkit "Dinner Table Tips for the Holidays" will give you the answers you need to get your folks counted.
2020 Faithful Census
In past censuses, millions of children, people of color, low-income people and immigrants have gone uncounted -- perpetuating systemic racism, undermining political representation, and underfunding resources we all use, everything from hospitals to roads to schools for the next 10 years. That is why Faith in Public Life put together a one minute video to explain the importance and encourage people to participate: check it out and share!
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