2020 Census
Catholic Charities participated in the 2020 Census outreach with the community in Albuquerque. to educate hard-to-count communities about the importance of an accurate 2020 Census count and to assist individuals to complete their Census questionnaire.
Actions during February - October 2020
1. Creation and distribution of multiple materials in several languages - Education Outreach
2. Events with communities that spoke Swahili, Arabic, Dari and Pashto
3. Facebook event in Dari
4. Creation of ABQ Refugee Coalition group to distribute/share materials
5. Promotion of raffles with clients
6. Promotion of $10 gift cards for people to respond with 4 small businesses
7. Radio Interviews
8. Creation and distribution of videos in Arabic, Pashto, Dari for community
9. Phone calls to families - APS contacts to ensure they participated in the Census
10. One on one WhatsApp messages
11. Mobile Food Pantry - Census material distribution July-October 2020
12. Census materials during COVID testing events
13. Census materials during back[ack distribution events
Actions during February - October 2020
1. Creation and distribution of multiple materials in several languages - Education Outreach
2. Events with communities that spoke Swahili, Arabic, Dari and Pashto
3. Facebook event in Dari
4. Creation of ABQ Refugee Coalition group to distribute/share materials
5. Promotion of raffles with clients
6. Promotion of $10 gift cards for people to respond with 4 small businesses
7. Radio Interviews
8. Creation and distribution of videos in Arabic, Pashto, Dari for community
9. Phone calls to families - APS contacts to ensure they participated in the Census
10. One on one WhatsApp messages
11. Mobile Food Pantry - Census material distribution July-October 2020
12. Census materials during COVID testing events
13. Census materials during back[ack distribution events
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According to the 2020 Census, "Hard-to-count communities vary from city to city but are generally populations that historically have been under-counted and/or do not self-report as well as others. Examples of hard-to-count populations include persons of color, recent immigrants, young children, renters and low-income households."
In collaboration with other organizations, city, county and state, we created a group ABQ Refugee Coalition and we are launching a campaign to help raise awareness about the importance of responding to the 2020 Census and to assist the community with technology access to ensure that barriers such as language access, computer literacy and lack of technology availability is not an impediment to filling out the questionnaire. Follow us on Facebook ABQRefugeeCoalition and Instagram ABQRefugeeCoalition |
Receive a $10 gift card from stores serving our communities when you show your 2020 Census confirmation.
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WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW:
1. The Census counts everyone that is current living in the USA every 10 years.
2. The count is mandated by the Constitution and conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau, a nonpartisan government agency.
3. The information you answer is confidential and will not be shared with any other governmental entity.
4. They ask: how many people live in the home, name, gender, address, phone number, age, date of birth, race, ethnicity and if the home is a house, apartment or mobile home, rented or owned. They also ask what is the relationship between the household and other people living in the home.
5. No citizenship or income questions will be asked. No question about your Social Security, bank information or political affiliation will be asked.
6. The 2020 Census counts the population in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and five U.S. territories (Puerto Rico, American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, and the U.S. Virgin Islands).
7. Each home will receive an invitation to respond to a short questionnaire—online, by phone, or by mail.
8. If you answer between March 12 and May 14, you are done and a Census taker will not come to your house.
9. The questionnaire is in English and Spanish. Guides in 56 other languages are available at 2020Census.gov page
10. For more information you can contact 2020 Census at 800-923-8282
1. The Census counts everyone that is current living in the USA every 10 years.
2. The count is mandated by the Constitution and conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau, a nonpartisan government agency.
3. The information you answer is confidential and will not be shared with any other governmental entity.
4. They ask: how many people live in the home, name, gender, address, phone number, age, date of birth, race, ethnicity and if the home is a house, apartment or mobile home, rented or owned. They also ask what is the relationship between the household and other people living in the home.
5. No citizenship or income questions will be asked. No question about your Social Security, bank information or political affiliation will be asked.
6. The 2020 Census counts the population in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and five U.S. territories (Puerto Rico, American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, and the U.S. Virgin Islands).
7. Each home will receive an invitation to respond to a short questionnaire—online, by phone, or by mail.
8. If you answer between March 12 and May 14, you are done and a Census taker will not come to your house.
9. The questionnaire is in English and Spanish. Guides in 56 other languages are available at 2020Census.gov page
10. For more information you can contact 2020 Census at 800-923-8282
2020 CENSUS LANGUAGE VIDEOS AND INSTRUCTION GUIDES
Click HERE to find Language Guides in print format (PDF)
Click HERE to find Language Guide in video format
Click HERE to find Language Guides in print format (PDF)
Click HERE to find Language Guide in video format
Can you help us get the community involved with the 2020 Census?
Check the ads and videos we created in several languages. Click in the languages below.
If you need images in any other language, write to romeroc@ccasfnm.org
Arabic
Chinese
Dari
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Share the video on Facebook
Video on how to answer the 2020 Census questionnaire - Dari Share the video on Facebook:
Video 2020 Census - Participate in the raffle - in Dari
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Video 2020 Census - What you need to know - Dari
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English
Farsi
French
Hmong
Japanese
Kinyarwanda
Korean
Pashto
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How to answer the 2020 Census questionnaire - Pashto |
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2020 Census - Participate in the raffle - Pashto
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2020 Census - What you need to Know - Pashto
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Portuguese
Spanish
Swahili
Vietnamese
DUE TO COVID-19 QUARANTINE, WE WON'T HOLD EVENTS UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.
WE WILL SEND TEXT MESSAGES, WHATSAPP MESSAGES AND PROMOTE 2020 CENSUS IN SOCIAL MEDIA.
Want to volunteer for the 2020 Census effort? Write to romeroc@ccasfnm.org
We will contact you to invite you to the volunteer training meeting.
WE WILL SEND TEXT MESSAGES, WHATSAPP MESSAGES AND PROMOTE 2020 CENSUS IN SOCIAL MEDIA.
Want to volunteer for the 2020 Census effort? Write to romeroc@ccasfnm.org
We will contact you to invite you to the volunteer training meeting.
What Is the 2020 Census?
The count is mandated by the Constitution and conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau, a nonpartisan government agency. The 2020 Census counts the population in the United States and five U.S. territories (Puerto Rico, American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, and the U.S. Virgin Islands).
Who is required to respond?
The 2020 Census will count everyone living in the United States and five US territories including citizens and foreign citizens. This is a requirement by law, written in the Constitution.
How the Census benefits your community?
Federal funds, grants and support to states, counties and communities are based on population totals and breakdowns by sex, age, race and other factors. Your community benefits the most when the census counts everyone.
Why everyone should participate?
The federal government use the number of inhabitants in each city and state to allocate funds. If you don't fill out the Census, your community will not receive less funds.
If your community isn’t fully counted in the 2020 Census, you will miss out on political representation, on money for your children’s classrooms, on jobs and health care centers for the next 10 years.
If your community isn’t fully counted in the 2020 Census, you will miss out on political representation, on money for your children’s classrooms, on jobs and health care centers for the next 10 years.
How can you respond the Census?
Each home will receive invitations to respond to a short questionnaire. See below the questions.
You can answer online, by phone, or by mail.
The Census will be available in several languages.
You can answer online, by phone, or by mail.
The Census will be available in several languages.
If I don't have a computer, where can I answer the 2020 Census?
You can use a public library, community center, cellphone, or phone to answer the questions.
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Sample Copy of the 2020 Census Questionnaire
Download 2020 Census Sample Questionnaire [PDF - <1.0 MB]
Households will be able to respond to the 2020 Census online, over the phone, or through a paper questionnaire.
This is a sample of the bilingual paper questionnaire that will be used during the 2020 Census. This version excludes some features that will be made available to households starting in March 2020, such as the URL for online response and the contact information for phone response.
Download 2020 Census Sample Questionnaire [PDF - <1.0 MB]
Households will be able to respond to the 2020 Census online, over the phone, or through a paper questionnaire.
This is a sample of the bilingual paper questionnaire that will be used during the 2020 Census. This version excludes some features that will be made available to households starting in March 2020, such as the URL for online response and the contact information for phone response.
2020 CENSUS COMMUNITY OUTREACH EFFORTS IN NEW MEXICO:
ABQ Refugee Coalition This group meets monthly to design a strategy to assist post-resettlement refugee communities.
This group is formed by:
like this group City of Albuquerque Office of Immigrant and Refugee
on FACEBOOK Refugee Health Program - Department of Health - State of NM
Catholic Charities
Lutheran Family Services
Albuquerque Public Schools (APS) - Refugee and Newcomers Support
Vizionz-Sankofa
IRRVA - Immigrant and Refugee Resource Village of Albuquerque
This group is formed by:
like this group City of Albuquerque Office of Immigrant and Refugee
on FACEBOOK Refugee Health Program - Department of Health - State of NM
Catholic Charities
Lutheran Family Services
Albuquerque Public Schools (APS) - Refugee and Newcomers Support
Vizionz-Sankofa
IRRVA - Immigrant and Refugee Resource Village of Albuquerque
Achieving a complete and accurate count of all New Mexicans, requires the participation and collaboration of all New Mexicans, including partners at the state, tribal, and local level to count everyone once, only once, and in the right place.
For more information, visit: https://www.icountnm.gov/
For more information, visit: https://www.icountnm.gov/
New Mexico Counts 2020 is an outreach campaign supported by a collaborative of funders to help ensure that all New Mexicans are counted in the 2020 Census, especially in the most hard-to-count and reach communities.
The NM Counts 2020 Collaborative is comprised of the New Mexico Census 2020 Funder Group, New Mexico Civic Engagement Table and Center for Civic Policy, Native American Voter Alliance Education Project, along with the U.S. Census Bureau, the New Mexico Statewide Complete Count Commission, the UNM Geospatial and Population Studies Department, MediaDesk and others stakeholders who are all working to ensure a complete and fair count in the 2020 census. For more information visit: https://nmcounts2020.org/
The NM Counts 2020 Collaborative is comprised of the New Mexico Census 2020 Funder Group, New Mexico Civic Engagement Table and Center for Civic Policy, Native American Voter Alliance Education Project, along with the U.S. Census Bureau, the New Mexico Statewide Complete Count Commission, the UNM Geospatial and Population Studies Department, MediaDesk and others stakeholders who are all working to ensure a complete and fair count in the 2020 census. For more information visit: https://nmcounts2020.org/
The City of Albuquerque/Bernalillo County Census 2020 Complete Count Committee focuses on ensuring a complete count of people of all ages who live in the city or county in the upcoming federal Census 2020.
The Committee will work with all of the various communities in the city and county, as well as groups and associations of all sorts, to form partnerships, identify resources and develop an effective outreach strategy, with a primary focus on hard-to-count populations. https://www.bernco.gov/county-manager/census-2020-.aspx
The Committee will work with all of the various communities in the city and county, as well as groups and associations of all sorts, to form partnerships, identify resources and develop an effective outreach strategy, with a primary focus on hard-to-count populations. https://www.bernco.gov/county-manager/census-2020-.aspx