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Lt. Governor Susan Bysiewicz was in Derby Monday to talk about the importance of the 2020 Census.
On Monday, Lt. Governor Susan Bysiewicz joined elected officials and other community leaders at the Derby Public Library to kick off the Naugatuck Valley’s 2020 Census efforts.
Lt. Gov. Bysiewicz is spearheading the state-wide Connecticut Complete Count Committee (CCCC) to help direct the State’s efforts in the upcoming 2020 Census.
Roughly 22 percent of Connecticut is considered ​“hard to reach” communities, which include multi-family homes, low-income families and minorities in large cities and rural areas, non-English speakers, and immigrant populations.
One of the goals of the state-wide committee is to assist municipal governments with forming Local Complete Count Committees (LCCC) to plan for a complete and accurate count at the local level.
“Governor Lamont and I are focused on economic growth and the 2020 Census will play an important role in that regard because census data is used to determine nearly $11 billion federal funding to our state each year for programs and projects that our residents depend on,” Lt. Gov. Bysiewicz said.
The 2020 Census will be the first time residents can fill out their census form online. They can also be completed via mail or phone. Many of Connecticut’s public libraries will be providing the resources necessary for residents to complete their census.
Since 1790 the U.S. Census Bureau has attempted to count every U.S. resident, providing critical data on the nation’s population that helps form public policy and has a major impact on every community – including how our schools are run, the quality of our transportation system, resources needed for our law enforcement to operate, and much more.
Connecticut receives over $11 billion dollars from the federal government as a result of census numbers collected once every decade. These federal funds are used to fund vital state programs including Medicaid, Pell Grants, children’s health insurance, highway planning & construction, nutritional assistance and many more.
The U.S. Census Bureau is now accepting job applications at census.gov/fieldjobs.
Information taken from a press release, click here to read the release in its entirety.