Arlington County Government, VA Newsmakers, 21 Oct 2009

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From YouTube: NewsMakers: 2010 Census

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A

The census is here in 2010 a constitutionally mandated count of all united states residents, both citizens and non-citizens of all ages. But there are some who are reluctant to take part and be counted, and hopefully.

B

With this event, today, we can continue a strategy, a campaign in which we can reach deep into our community and ensure that everyone is counted, and we know the census discovery.

C

We're here today, with the community groups and non-profits to kind of kick off the census for arlington county and we hope to get their help with reaching out to these hard to count people. But we find that the hard to count. People are normally the minority groups and they are located in mostly in south arlington.

D

There are multiple reasons why people are deterred from filling out. The senses among them is a distrust of government people.

C

Fear that this information will be used against them, but in no way will this information be used for immigration or any kind of things like that, and it is a fear for undocumented people. But we have to instill this trust into that into the public. One.

D

Of the things that we're trying to do, for instance, through this forum, is just to inform people that they can trust the census that their information is not going to be shared with any other federal agency or local government. This information is not going to be shared with the irs. It's not going to be shared with the fbi with eyes. It will remain private, among the other reasons why people would feel uncomfortable uh with this. You know filling out.

D

The senses would include illiteracy, where persons that might not be able to read can actually get assistance in filling out the census, and you know just hearing what the questions are and then that way they can respond. The census form will be mailed in both english and for some households, it'll be mailed out in spanish, but beyond that, the census will have guides on filling out the senses in multiple languages. It's.

B

Time to be counted, it happens only once every 10 years, and this is it it's a very simple form. Now they only a few questions, only uh 10 questions. You know it takes a few minutes to to resolve.

E

It to fill it out needs to be seen as fair, so fairness is very, very important to be able to build trust. So you have. These are building blocks one two and three well.

C

For not working together, it's going to be very hard to count everyone. We need to build trust. We just need to know how many people are in arlington county, so we can get the funding for programs that all of these people use. It goes to human services, programs, transportation, health care services for elderly. I mean in our everyday lives. We are all affected by the senses.

C

People who are watching this and want to assist with the census can give us a call at arlington county. The number is 703-228-3525.

C

Or you can email us at census2010 at arlingtonva.us and we'll be happy to discuss how you can help prepare for the census.