MID-MARCH
HOUSEHOLDS%ACROSS THE
U.S.
AND HERE
IN
%WISCONSIN WILL
START
GETTING
%2020
CENSUS
BUREAU INFORMATION
%IN THE
MAIL.
%THE COUNT
HAPPENS
EVERY
TEN
%YEARS
AND
HELPS
DETERMINE HOW
%MUCH FEDERAL
FUNDING
GOES
TO
%STATES FOR THINGS
SUCH
AS
%SCHOOLS,
HOSPITALS
AND
ROADS.
%RESULTS OF THE
CENSUS
ALSO
%DETERMINE THE
NUMBER
OF
SEATS
%EACH
STATE
HAS
IN
THE
U.S.
HOUSE
%OF
REPRESENTATIVES
AND
ARE
USED
%TO
DRAW
LEGISLATIVE DISTRICTS.
%MADISON
MAYOR SATYA
%RHODES-CONWAY IS
HOPING
TO
FILL
%A
SHORTAGE
OF
CENSUS
TAKERS
AND
%GET A COMPLETE COUNT.
%SHE JOINS US
NOW
AND
THANKS FOR
%BEING HERE.%>>
IT'S
M
Y
PLEASURE.
%>> I
KNOW
IN
RECENT
DAYS YOU
%HAVE SAID
THAT
MADISON
WAS
%LAGGING
BEHIND
KIND OF
THE
REST%OF THE
STATE
IN
BEING
ABLE
T
O
%HIRE
OR
RECRUIT
CENSUS
TAKERS.
%HOW
MANY
DOES
MADISON
NEED
TO
%FILL?
%>> SO
WE'VE
GOT
ABOUT
47%
OF
OUR
%POSITIONS FILLED RIGHT NOW
AND
%WHAT
THEY
TELL
ME
I
S
THAT
I
N
%ORDER TO FIL
L
THE
REST, WE
NEED
%
SOMEWHERE
CLOSE
TO
4,000
%APPLICANTS.
%THAT
DOESN'T
MEAN WE
NEED
4,000
%PEOPLE,
B
UT WE NEE
D
PEOPLE
TO
%APPLY
AND
TO CONSIDER
T
AKING THE
%JOB IN
ORDER
TO
FIL
L
THE
%POSITIONS
THAT WE
NEED.
%>>
AND
YET
THE
CENSUS CAN BE
%FILLED
OUT
AND
SENT
BACK
ONLIN
E
%OR
MAIL
OR OVER
THE
PHONE.
%WHY
D
O
YOU
NEED
ACTUAL
BODIES T
O
%KIND
OF
DO
THIS
COUNT?
%>>
THAT'S A
REALLY
GOOD
POINT.
%AND I
DO
WANT
TO
EMPHASIZE
THAT
%
WHEN PEOPLE
GET
THAT
LETTER IN
%THE
MAIL, THEY HAVE
LOLTS
OF
LOTS OF
%OPTIONS.
%THEY
CAN
GO
ONLINE
AND D
O
IT%RIGHT
THERE.
%THEY CAN CALL
IN
AND DO
IT OVER
%THE PHONE.
%ORAL
THEY
OR
THEY
CAN
WAIT
UNTIL
SOMEBODY
%COMES TO
THEIR
DOOR.
%AND WHAT WE
SEE
I
S
HISTORICALLY
%IS
ABOUT
20%
O
F
PEOPLE
WILL
NOT
%FILL I
T
OUT
PROACTIVELY
%THEMSELVES.
%AND
SO
THAT
20% WE NEED
TO
SEND
%PEOPLE
OUT
TO
KNOCK
ON
DOORS
AND
%SAY,
HEY,
COULD
YOU
PLEASE
FILL
%THIS OUT.
%LET'S DO IT
TOGETHER.
%YOU
KNOW,
ONE
THING
THAT'S%IMPORTANT FOR FOLKS
TO
KNOW
IS
%IT'S REALLY SHORT.
%THERE'S
NINE
QUESTIONS.
%IF
YOU DO IT
YOURSELF, IT
TAKES
%YOU
MAYBE TEN
M
INUTES
T
O
FINISH.
%SO
WE
REALLY WANT
TO
ENCOURAGE
%PEOPLE TO
FILL
I
T
OUT
%THEMSELVES.
%BUT
WE
ALSO
REALLY
HAVE TO
HAV
E
%THAT COMPLETE
COUNT.%>>
THERE
ARE
SOME
BARE
YEARS
TO
%THIS,
THOUGH,
I
UNDERSTAND
AFTER
%READING A
CENSUS
BUREA
U
STUDY
%ABOUT
THIS.
%CHIEF
AMONG
THEM
THAT
THERE'S A
%DISMUST OF
GOVERNMENT
AND THIS
%IS A GOVERNMENT
FORM.
%ALSO ACCORDING TO
THIS
STUDY
10%
%OF
PEOPLE
INCORRECTLY BELIEVE
%THAT THE
CENSUS
IS
USED
TO
%LOCATE
UNDOCUMENTED
IMMIGRANTS.
%WHAT
IS
THE
TRUTH
TO
THAT?
%>> I WANT
TO
B
E
REALLY
CLEAR
%THAT WHEN
PEOPLE D
O
FIL
L
OUT
THE
%CENSUS,
THAT
DATA
IS
PRIVATE.
%IT
IS
NOT
USE
D
FOR LAW
%ENFORCEMENT.%IT
IS
NOT
USED
FOR
IMMIGRATION.
%I REALLY WANT
T
O
ENCOURAGE
%PEOPLE
TO,
YES, GO
AHEAD
AND
%FILL
OUT
THE
CENSUS.
%THIS
DATA
IS
NOT
GOING TO
BE
%
USED
AGAINST
YOU.
%AND
I
N
FACT IT
IS
GOING TO
BE
%USED TO
HELP
YOUR
COMMUNITY.
%AS
YOU
SAID
AT THE
TOP, WE
HAVE
%
MANY
STREAMS
OF
FEDERAL
FUNDING
%THAT
RELY
ON
CENSUS
NUMBERS.
%AND
IN
FAC
T
IF
W
E
--
FOR
EVERY
%PERSON
THAT
DOESN'T FILL
OUT
THE
%CENSUS,
WE
PROJECT
THAT
WE
LOSE
%ABOUT
$2,000.%>>
HOW
MUCH
FEDERAL
MONEY
%HISTORICALLY
KIND
OF
FLOWS
%THROUGH
THE
NUMBERS THAT THE
%CENSUS
COUNTS?
%>> IT'
S
ALL ACROSS THE
BOARD,
%RIGHT.
%SO THIS I
S
ANYTHING
FROM
TAX
%CREDITS
FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING
%TO THE
FREE
AND
REDUCED
LUNCHES
%AT SCHOOL TO
DIRECT
ASSISTANCE
%TO SMALL
BUSINESSES
IN
OUR
%COMMUNITIES.
%SO
THERE'S A
WHOLE
RANGE
OF
%
TYPES
OF
FEDERAL
MONEY
THA
T
%COUNT ON THE
CENSUS NUMBERS.
%THE
OTHER
THING
THAT'S
IMPORTANT
%IS THAT
IT'S
NOT
JUST
THE
SHEER
%NUMBERS
OF
PEOPLE,
BUT
IT'S
IN
%FACT THE
TYPES
OF
PEOPLE.
%SO
IF WE
HAVE
MORE
SENIORS
%COUNTED, WE
GET
MORE
FUNDING
%RELATED
SENIOR
SERVICES.
%SO
IT'S
VERY
IMPORTANT
THAT
%EVERYBODY FILL OUT THE
CENSUS,
%THAT WE
HAVE
THA
T
COMPLETE
%COUNT, SO
THAT WE CAN
HAVE A
%REALLY
ACCURATE
ASSESSMENT OF%THE NEEDS
IN
OUR
COMMUNITY
AND
%THEN TAKE
ADVANTAGE
O
F
AS
MUCH
%FEDERAL
FUNDING AS
POSSIBLE.%>>
BECAUSE
HOW
HAS
MADISON
%
CHANGED
SINCE
THE LAST
CENSUS?
%>>
OH,
TREMENDOUSLY.
%YOU
JUST
LOOK
A
T
OUR
POPULATION
%GROWTH ALONE.
%IN
THE
LAST
TEN
YEARS, WE
HAVE
%GROWN
TREMENDOUSLY.
%AND,
A
S
WE
KNOW,
IN
MADISON,
BUT
%ALSO
FEDERALLY, WE
HAVE A
SHIFT
%IN
DEMOGRAPHICS, RIGHT?
%SO
OUR
AGE
STRUCTURE
IS
%CHANGING.%WE
ARE
SEEING A
LOT
MORE
-- I%DON'T WANT
TO
NAME
A
PARTICULAR
%GENERATION, BUT
WE'RE
SEEING
THE
%20
TO
30
FOLKS,
THAT
SEGMENT OF
%THE AGE
STRUCTURE,
IS
GROWING
I
N
%MADISON.
%OUR COMMUNITY IS
GETTING
MOR
E
%DIVERSE
RACIALLY
AND
ETHNICALLY.
%
SO WE NEED
TO
KNOW
WHO'S HERE
IN
%ORDER TO
BE
ACCURATE, BOTH
FOR
%THE MONEY
BUT
ALSO
JUST TO
HAVE%AN
ACCURATE SENSE
O
F
WHO
OUR%COMMUNITY IS.
%>>
S
O
WHAT
IS
MADISON
AND DANE
%COUNTY
DOING
TO TRY
T
O
ENSURE AN
%ACCURATE
COUNT?
%>> SO
THERE'S A NUMBER O
F
WAYS
%WE'RE WORKING
WITH
THE
%COMMUNITY.
%RIGHT NOW I
WANT
TO REEMPHASIZE%THAT
THE
MOST
IMPORTANT THING
IS
%WE NEED
TO
RECRUIT
PEOPLE
TO
%APPLY FOR
CENSUS
JOBS.
%SUPER
EASY
TO
DO.
%2020s
CENSUS..GOV/JOBS.
%THEY PAY
$22 AN HOUR.
%THEY'RE VERY
FLEXIBLE.
%LIMITED
TERM,
MARCH
THROUGH
%JULY.
%IT CAN
BE
FULL-TIME, PART-TIME.
%
IT'S A GREAT
THING
FOR A
RETIE
RETIREE
%OR
STUDENT
TO PICK
UP.
%WE
HAVE
PARTNERED
WITH A
NUMBER
%OF
AGENCIES
IN
OUR
COMMUNITY
TO
%HELP
US
REACH
OUT
THE
%POPULATIONS THAT ARE
%UNDER-COUNTED
AND
T
O
SHARE
THE
%MESSAGE
OF
HOW
IMPORTANT THE
%CENSUS IS
AND HOW
MUCH WE
NEED
%PEOPLE TO CONTRIBUTE
T
O
THAT
%COMPLETE COUNT.%>> ALL RIGHT
.