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2010 Census Project Grants
 The 2010 Census is underway, with forms mailed to US households beginning this month. Census information affects the numbers of seats that a state occupies in the US House of Representatives. In addition, the information that the Census collects helps to determine how more than $400 billion dollars of federal funding each year is spent on infrastructure and services such as hospitals; job-training centers; schools; senior centers; bridges, tunnels and other public works projects; and emergency services. While participation is mandatory, a number of populations – such as persons with limited English proficiency, new immigrant communities, the elderly; those with disabilities, the homeless, disconnected youth, and neighborhoods/buildings with high concentrations of low-income residents -- traditionally have been undercounted, often due to isolation and concerns about privacy. As a result, the jurisdictions they live in often don’t receive the full benefit of federal representation and funding available to them. Recently, The Community Foundation awarded a $35,000 grant to the Census Project, which supports outreach and public awareness activities that will help ensure a complete and thorough census count across the Washington, DC metropolitan region. The Project awards “mini grants” ranging in size from $1,500 to $3,000 to nonprofit organizations that will work in timely and culturally sensitive ways to make sure that “hard to count” residents complete and return their Census forms. Get Involved! Donors who want to get involved in the Census Project can learn more about each grantee organization by clicking on the links below. Grantees Asian Pacific Legal Resource Center Washington, DC $3,000 To support a multi-pronged education and advocacy initiative - The Census 2010 Community Education and Outreach Project - to mobilize Asian Pacific Americas in the DC metro region, particularly in Northern Virginia, to participate in the 2010 Census Camp Fire USA-Patuxent Area Council Bowie, MD $2,000 To support efforts to engage kids and families in Census Education and Outreach activities related to the 2010 Census in Prince George's and Montgomery County Casa de Maryland Silver Spring, MD $3,000 To support Census Outreach and Promotion Project aimed at promoting the Census within the hard-to-reach communities of Langley Park and Long Branch Centro de Apoyo Familiar Adelphi, MD $1,500 To support Census outreach efforts with partner initiatives of the Complete Count Committee, Latino Complete Count Committee, and other Government Working Groups; to work with Latino faith-based leaders to educate and engage congregations with the Census East River Family Strengthening Collaborative Washington, DC $3,000 To support work with the US Census Bureau 2010 Census Campaign and implementation of such campaign Fairfax Area Christian Emergency and Transitional Services, Inc. Fairfax, VA $1,500 To assist efforts in raising awareness about the census and to encourage our clients to fill out and return the census forms IMPACT Silver Spring Silver Spring, MD $2,500 To support outreach efforts to educate over 2,000 households about the importance of participating in the 2010 Census Jubilee Jobs Washington, DC $1,500 To help promote public awareness about the importance of Census participation; funding will be used to cover a portion of staff salary, supplies, communication, as well as off-site venues, as needed Korean Community Services Center of Greater Washington Annandale, VA $1,500 To outreach to 650 Korean Americans in Montgomery County by working closely with local Korean American churches and Korean-owned businesses including assistance to 150 individuals in filling out their Census forms Latino Economic Development Corporation Washington, DC $3,000 To promote and increase awareness of the US Census among the "Hard-to-count- populations of central Montgomery County Maryland Vietnamese Mutual Association, Inc. Silver Spring, MD $1,500 To support Census outreach through existing programs Metropolitan Community Development Corporation Silver Spring, MD $2,000 To increase awareness in "hard to count" low-income African immigrant community; to target core demographic with information and support concerning the Census
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