Census 2010 Reentry Outreach ProjectCensus Day is April 1, 2010
Summary
Urban Strategies Council has partnered with the U.S. Census, Mitchell Kapor Foundation, The California Endowment, All of Us or None, Women on the Way, Rubicon Programs and the Office of Supervisor Keith Carson to increase the participation of those with criminal records in the 2010 Census. An accurate census directly affects our community's ability to ensure equal representation and access to important resources and help to ensure the needs of our community are met - today and in the future.
We need trusted voices to help raise awareness of the critical need for an accurate census count in the reentry population and provide reassurance that individual census information is protected by the strongest privacy laws we have. We invite you to help encourage and assure that our populations participate in this upcoming 2010 Census.
If you want someone to speak at your group (formerly incarcerated people) concerning the Census Outreach contact: Kenyatta Arnold by phone: (510) 465-1092 or email:Kenyattaa@urbanstrategies.org
The following links provide outreach materials as well as the background materials to use when talking and answering questions about the Census with your clients and the people you work with. Please feel free to use these materials and to circulate this link to other organizations and individuals working with the reentry population.
What the Census Means to Us
According to the Census Bureau, every person counted, or not counted, means $12,000 in federal resources for the state, county and local levels.
While we do not know the total number of people with criminal records, we do have some idea of the number of people currently under criminal justice supervision and we know their numbers are significantly larger than the number of people on probation and parole. So, conservatively, the probation and parole population in Alameda County (21,834) represents $262,008,000 in federal funding, if they are counted in the census. For Contra Costa County, the estimated 7,276 parolees and probationers represent $87,312,000, if they are counted in the census.