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Programs

The federal government uses Census data to decide where to spend money. #1 Medical Assistance #2 SNAP #3 Highways #5 School Lunches #4 Pell Grants

What are they counting?

What are they counting?

Children’s Programs

• School Lunch Program
• Special Education Grants
• Head Start
• Title I Grants
• Foster Care Title IV-E
• Child Care and Development Fund

Flowery Branch Elementary School

Pell Grants

Gainesville High School

Housing Assistance

GainesvilleHousing.org

• Housing Assistance

Payments Programs

• Section 8 Housing

Choice Vouchers

Senior Services

• Low-Income Home Energy

Assistance

• Federal Medical Assistance

Programs, like Medicaid

• Medicare Part B Physicians Fee

Schedule Services

Ninth District Opportunity

Federal Transit Formula Grants

• Gainesville Connection
• Hall Area Transit – Dial-A-Ride

Hall Area Transit

Highway Planning and Construction

• 45 projects in past 5 years
• Dawsonville Highway Bridge
• Browns Bridge Road Bridge
• Highlands to Islands Trail in

Midtown Gainesville

Georgia Dept. of Transportation

Disaster Recovery Grants

The Times

Businesses

Kubota

Work for Census

• usajobs.gov (corporate jobs)
• 2020census.gov/jobs (field jobs)

How does it work?

• Mid-March: Households receive

postcard with instructions.

• “Person 1” answers questions for

EVERYONE living in that household ON THAT DATE.

• “Person 1” fills out form online,

by mail, or phone.

Library Census Stations

Hall County Library System will host Census Stations to provide online access to all.

What will they ask?

Name

• Why? To ensure that each

person is only counted once.

What will they ask?

Relationship to Person 1.

• Why? To provide a snapshot of

American life in 2020.

• Why? To identify needed social

services.

What will they ask?

Sex

• Why? To allocate education

funding based on gender.

• Why? To enforce rules against

gender-biased discrimination.

What will they ask?

Race and ethnicity

• Is this person of Hispanic, Latino,
• r Spanish origin?
• What is this person’s race?

What will they ask?

Race and ethnicity

• Why? To ensure equal opportunity.
• Why? To determine need for certain

government programs.

• Is this person of Hispanic, Latino,
• r Spanish origin?
• What is this person’s race?

What will they ask?

Hispanic origin

• Why? The Census Bureau considers

“Hispanic or Latino” to be a cultural characteristic, not a race.

• There is a write-in option.

What will they ask?

Race – 15 racial categories, as well as ethnicity/origin

• White
• Black/African American
• American Indian/Alaska

Native

• Chinese
• Filipino
• Asian Indian
• Vietnamese
• Korean
• Japanese
• Native Hawaiian
• Samoan
• Chamorro
• Other Asian (write-in)
• Other Pacific Islander

(write-in)

• Some other race (write-

in)

• The United States Code requires

Census participation.

• If you do not answer all the

questions on the Census form, a Census employee will visit your house.

Do I have to respond?

Is my information safe?

By law, your Census form

• Can only be used to produce

statistics.

• Cannot be used to identify

you.

• Cannot be used against you.

We Count!

HallCountyCensus2020.org