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    5.    
2020 CENSUS COMPLETE COUNT STEERING COMMITTEE
Meeting Date: 02/24/2020  
Subject:    Federal, State, Regional and Local Updates
Submitted For: David Twa
Department: County Administrator  
Referral No.:  
Referral Name: Federal, State, Regional and Local Updates
Presenter: Matthew Lardner Contact: Mathew Lardner, 925-674-7813
Information
Referral History:
This is a standing item on the Steering Committee agenda to receive new Census information that has developed or been disseminated from the federal, State, regional and local levels since the last Steeering Committee meeting.
Referral Update:
Federal (U.S. Census Bureau)
  • Census is Hiring – STILL
    The Census Bureau is looking to hire more people in Contra Costa County – the bureau has reached 97% of their recruitment goals.
    They will assist in recruitment workshops and looking for local partners and help with promotion.
  • Continued Outreach for Statistics in Schools program
  • Mobile Questionnaire Assistance (MQA)
    • We will identify potential location, events, and other opportunities
    • Focus is on hardest to count census tracts.
    • Recruitment Assistants to transition into Census Response Representatives
  • Service Based Enumeration Operation has begun
State (California Complete Count)
  • Bay Area Micro media plan being finalized
  • Collateral from State
  • State is working on a QAC Lookup Tool
Region 3 Updates (United Way Bay Area)
  • Texting Tool Available – PLEASE USE!!
    Text COUNT to (925) 401-4057
  • UWBA trained 211 script available
  • UWBA provided QAC/QAK training
    • The county is rolling into our guidelines
    • Working with UWBA to provide to their QAC in a box to our QAC/QAK grantees
  • Gametime Rundown Event Thursday, March 5 from 10 am – 2 pm at Public Works Department
    • Final county-wide convening before census operations officially kick off.
    • Open to all funded organizations doing census outreach in Contra Costa County.
    • Pick up multilingual outreach materials and a limited edition “We Hella Count” t-shirt.
  • All Updates, Webinars, and Resources available online
    UWBA has its monthly update calls, Regional meeting, and webinars notes available at uwba.org/census
  • Funding – The Tipping Point Community Foundation has generously awarded UWBA with $75,000 in additional funding for Alameda and Contra Costa Counties. UWBA will distribute the additional funding based on our input, gaps, and existing contracts.
Local Updates
  • Translations received
    • Awaiting Tibetan
  • Swag Ordered
    • Tote Bags
    • Hand sanitizer
    • Seed packets
    • “I count” buttons
  • Print and swag orders received from grantees
  • $57,000 left in Phase II Funding
    • We are continuing to work with faith leaders to help get money to Korea, Vietnamese, Farsi, and Tagalog speaking communities
  • Grantee Highlights
  • Outreach Toolkit
  • Updates with collateral in multiple languages coming soon
Recommendation(s)/Next Step(s):
RECEIVE federal, state, regional and local updates on preparation for the Census.
Fiscal Impact (if any):
None.
Attachments
February Updates

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