Look, there’s even a Tagalog hotline. There’s no excuse for not participating. And thanks to the Rhode Island Foundation — this time for awarding $300,000 in grants to community groups for outreach aimed at getting people counted in the 2020 Census — we will hopefully secure our second Congressional seat and the roughly $3.8 billion …
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[Update from Common Cause: “We are changing our census event to an online live-stream event only! As COVID-19 (Coronavirus) spreads we are increasingly worried about the safety of our staff and community, therefore we have decided to live-stream our ‘Who’s Counting Anyway?: Understanding the Census.’”] They will live-stream from 10:30am to noon this Saturday on …
The RI Foundation is awarding nearly $300,000 in grants for Census 2020 outreach to undercounted populations. AND they are still taking applications for at least another $125,000 with an information session scheduled for January 14th. (Application deadline January 31st.) The goal is to protect the roughly $3.8 billion a year that Rhode Island receives in …
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How many idiots in your household? That was a legitimate census question in 1840. Census materials from the 1700s to the present are on display now at the State Archives building downtown. ‘Count Me In’ runs through March 2020 and is free and open to the public. The timeline is fascinating but this wall text …
An undercount in the upcoming census could have serious ramifications: we could lose a congressional seat and we could lose out on federal funding. The Rhode Island Foundation is offering local organizations grants of up to $25,000 for programs that will encourage people to participate in the 2020 Census. Libraries, churches, nonprofits and community groups …