{"id":2917,"date":"2010-01-08T13:58:01","date_gmt":"2010-01-08T19:58:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.flovalleynews.com\/?p=2917"},"modified":"2010-01-08T13:58:01","modified_gmt":"2010-01-08T19:58:01","slug":"local-leaders-stress-importance-of-2010-census-on-programs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flovalleynews.com\/?p=2917","title":{"rendered":"Local Leaders Stress Importance Of  2010 Census on Programs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By\u00a0 Erin Meyers<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>With the countdown to the New Year over, another countdown begins as local leaders in North St. Louis County work to spread the word about the 2010 census before its distribution in March.<\/p>\n<p>The 10-question form will be delivered to nearly 130 million addresses across the United States.\u00a0 With millions of federal dollars, social service programs and Congressional representation at stake, the response rate to this year\u2019s Census is of high priority for many local leaders.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the last census, a large portion of North St. Louis County fell into the hard-to- count or undercounted categories,\u201d said Rebecca Zoll, vice president and CEO of North County Inc., a regional development organization.<\/p>\n<p>Zoll said for each person not counted, it\u2019s estimated that it costs the municipality $1,200.\u00a0 Over ten years, that\u2019s $12,000 per person of federal dollars not reaching the community.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Census Bureau\u2019s website, hard-to-count areas may experience hidden or overcrowded housing, low response rate in the previous Census, populations that speak little or no English, students living in off-campus apartments, new immigrant populations or people displaced by natural disasters.\u00a0 Unfortunately, often those living in these deemed hard-to-count areas are often in greatest need of the federal funds and social programs applied to the populations based on Census results.<\/p>\n<p>Mayor Robert Lowry of Florissant said it is estimated that nearly 15 percent of Florissant residents were not counted in the 2000 Census.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have to get up to as much as 100 percent [response rate] or it will hurt the people of the city,\u201d Lowry said.<\/p>\n<p>With financial help from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (AARA), the Census Bureau has developed partnerships with community leaders and organizations to increase the response rate in hard-to-count locations.<\/p>\n<p>North County Inc. began its partnership with the Census Bureau in July 2009.\u00a0 Through the partnership, the organization has distributed cloth shopping bags filled with fliers about the Census to local food banks.\u00a0 The organization is also working with local school districts to provide information about the Census to students and parents.<\/p>\n<p>Zoll said many school districts are incorporating lessons regarding the questionnaire into the social studies curriculum . \u201cLocal schools are participating in this because they understand they will be impacted,\u201d said Zoll.<\/p>\n<p>Creative methods are being used by municipalities across\u00a0 North\u00a0 County to spread the message to citizens.\u00a0 City Clerk Colleen Klos\u00a0 of Hazelwood, said she has book bags stuffed with Crayons, candy, rulers, Frisbees and a letter from the Census Bureau.\u00a0 She plans to distribute the bags to each kindergarten student in the city of Hazelwood in January.<\/p>\n<p>Both Black Jack and Florissant are using their local cable access stations to broadcast information about the 2010 Census.\u00a0 On Oct. 17, 2009, comedian and filmmaker Mark Malkoff helped stuff U.S. Census promotional bags in Hazelwood as a part of his \u201cKey to the City\u201d tour.\u00a0 Malkoff visited three mayors within the Greater St. Louis area to partake in community service.<\/p>\n<p>This year\u2019s Census form is one of the shortest since the first questionnaire was distributed in 1790.\u00a0\u00a0 Officials hope the simplistic and short form will encourage U.S. citizens to fill out and return the survey.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt really doesn\u2019t take a lot of time to complete them,\u201d said Mayor Norm McCourt of Black Jack. \u201cWe\u2019re doing our part and hopefully everybody will do their part and we\u2019ll get a good count.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By\u00a0 Erin Meyers With the countdown to the New Year over, another countdown begins as local leaders in North St. Louis County work to spread the word about the 2010 census before its distribution in March. 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