CENSUS STORY OF THE WEEK
New Resources Available at CENSUS.MT.GOV for Partners
Updates to CENSUS.MT.GOV have been made this week and the site has additional information and resources for partners to use and distribute. Eleven new fact sheets and flyers were added in the “Resources” section. They include flyers geared towards complete count committees, group housing, military, college students, rural healthcare, children, and security. Additional flyers will continue to be added on a regular basis in the following weeks.
New Census maps were added in the “Information” tab. The Montana Hard to Count Census Tracts Map now has an interactive layer added where users can see low response score areas that also have a high percentage of no internet access. This map will help partners better be able to strategize about how to reach this population and gain a complete count for the state. A Redistricting Map has also been added which shows delineated voting districts and suggest Census block boundaries. Updates have also been made to the Complete Count Committee Map to show the latest CCC’s and contacts.
*** Please use the vanity URL of CENSUS.MT.GOV when promoting the state website.***
Continue to check the website regularly for new resources and updates.
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SHARED SUCCESS ON CENSUS PROMOTION IN MONTANA
Census Social Media Content
Are you following @montanacensus2020 on Facebook? Weekly content specific to Montana audiences will be posted on Monday, Wednesday, and Fridays. These posts will include graphics, PSA’s, photos, and facts specific to Montana. Please like, comment, and share our posts to help promote the Census and make it count for Montana.
For additional shareable content follow @uscensusbureau on Facebook where daily posts are made.
Posting Census material to your social media accounts is an excellent opportunity to help increase awareness and do your part in the encouraging your followers to get involved.
Native American Development Corporation (NADC)
Recently, NADC received additional funds to support Census efforts for Native American Communities on and off the reservations. Darrell LaMere is taking the lead in organizing NADC’s assistance in helping to coordinate a successful complete count. According to a 2018 Census estimate, Native Americans make up 8.4% of Montana's resident population.
Montana Library Association
This past week, MLA hosted a Census webinar where they discussed upcoming strategies and had operational questions answered by a state partnership specialist from the U.S. Census Bureau.
Housing Coordinating Team with Montana Housing
The housing team included Census discussion to their quarterly agenda to talk about upcoming outreach specific to a housing audience and have a State Census representative answer questions.Specific materials are being developed to share with the nearly 15,000 people that Montana Housing works with.
Have Census success to share email Cassidy.blanton@mt.gov for a chance to be published in the next newsletter.
CENSUS EVENT IDEAS
Currently the U.S. Census Bureau and State CCC are in the process of educating and raising awareness about the upcoming Census. Households will be able to take the Census beginning in mid- March so it’s important to start incorporating Census material into regular communications with your audiences. With 2019 wrapping up and the holiday season upon us, now is the perfect time to include Census content into pre-existing communication and events. Do you have a holiday newsletter you send out, a giving tree, a festival, parade, food drive, or holiday party? It is easy to incorporate an educational paragraph, a Census flyer or banner into those events. If you need stickers, magnets, window clings, banners, or flyers for your next event contact us HERE to request free promotional items.
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HELPFUL RESOURCES
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UPCOMING EVENTS
December 16: Billings Chamber Board of Directors
January: Montana Conservation Voters Presentation
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CENSUS IN THE NEWS
MSU Nursing Students Ready to Help with Census
Bozeman Daily Chronicle
Redistricting Researcher Peter Miller on Montana’s Chances for a Second Congressional Seat
Montana Free Press
Fallon County Complete Count Committee
Fallon County Times
Kiwanis Discusses Local Impact Of 2020 Census
Sidney Herald
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HAVE YOUR CENSUS EVENTS AND NEWS PUBLISHED IN THE NEXT NEWSLETTER
Do you have a Census event coming up? Have you been working on community outreach? Or have success you'd like to share? Contact us HERE for a chance to be published in the next newsletter and have your next event displayed on the 2020 Census Events Calendar at CENSUS.MT.GOV.
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