FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 36 Recipients to Receive Nearly $4.1 Million for Census Outreach

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36 Recipients to Receive Nearly $4.1 Million for Census Outreach

 

Funds to Support Local Government and Nonprofit Organizations’ Efforts Towards a Full and Accurate Count in the 2020 Decennial Census

(April 1, 2019) Baltimore, MD – The 2020 Census Grant Program Panel today announced that 36 Maryland government and nonprofit organizations will receive funding as part of a census outreach program. The $4.09 million in awards will support efforts to ensure every Marylander completes their census form.

“We are funding proposals that support efforts to reach some of the most challenging segments of our population to increase census responses, and provide a full and accurate portrait of every community throughout Maryland,” said Planning Secretary Rob McCord. “Counting each person helps every one of us in Maryland.”

Recipients of the grants include local governments and nonprofits that applied for a portion of the matching funds.

The Census Grant Panel awarded grants to eligible applicants that demonstrated the capacity to conduct outreach activities throughout Maryland to:

  • Ensure a fair, accurate, and inclusive count for Maryland, and
  • Increase the response rate of hard-to-count communities and populations in Maryland.

"Our entire panel of volunteers was gratified to see so many local nonprofits and governments embrace the challenge of getting every single Marylander counted in 2020,” said Grant Panel Chairman Steven Jost. “This is an unprecedented commitment from our bipartisan state leadership. We're especially grateful for the expert advice and professional oversight of the grant program from the staff at the Department of Planning."

The list of 2020 Census Grant Program recipients is below.

Recipient

Matching Grant Amount

Action in Maturity, Inc.

$25,000

Anne Arundel County

$45,000

Baltimore City Department of Planning

$250,000

Baltimore County

$250,000

Baltimore Office of Promotion and the Arts, Inc.

$139,500

Banner Neighborhoods

$26,740

Carroll County

$40,000

CASA de Maryland, Inc.

$447,614

Catholic Charities Esperanza

$65,050

Centro De Apoyo Familiar

$250,000

Chinese American Parent Association of Howard County

$50,000

City of College Park

$34,385

City of Greenbelt

$15,000

City of Seat Pleasant

$18,636

Frederick County

$80,000

Global Outreach Leaders

$109,200

Green and Healthy Homes Initiative

$125,000

Harford County

$133,310

Howard County

$150,240

Howard County Chinese School

$80,000

Identity, Inc.

$123,080

Montgomery County

$581,700

Montgomery County Renters Alliance

$100,000

Moving Youth Toward Hope, Inc.

$52,000

No Boundaries Coalition

$76,086

Northern Gateway

$25,000

Prince George’s County

$244,208

Resident Services. Inc.

$163,182

Southwest Partnerships

$30,000

Town of Forest Heights

$59,000

Unified Efforts, Inc.

$7,500

United Way of Central Maryland

$110,000

Vietnamese American Service, Inc.

$62,900

Washington County Commission on Aging

$15,000

Women's Home Preservation Fund

$89,990

Young Invincibles

$25,000


Total


$4,099,321

 

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