California Indian Manpower Consortium, Inc.
The CIMC Movement: Creating Positive Change for Native Communities
2020 CENSUS RESOURCES
Census Information Center
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The California Indian Manpower Consortium, Inc. has been designated as a Census Information Center by the U.S. Census Bureau. The Census Information Center (CIC) Program began in 1988 as a joint venture between the U.S. Census Bureau and the National Urban League, a New York City based nonprofit organization. This founding, joint agreement between the Census Bureau and the National Urban League has since grown to include five "lead" nonprofit organizations and 54 nonprofit organizations nationwide.
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The purpose of the CIC Program is to make census information and related data more accessible to the under-served, minority, and lower income communities. The CIC is also responsible for presenting the Census Data in ways that are easier for their constituents to access and understand. CICs assist the communities they serve in obtaining specific, detailed information pertinent to their needs. This information comes from customized research and data tabulations, producing profiles or comparisons, and creating maps and tables that contain specific results.
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The CIC acts as a valuable mediator between the U.S. Census Bureau and the communities they serve. Being a community based organization, the CIC is able to stress the importance of participating in the data collection methods used by the Census Bureau.
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The information gathered through the Decennial Census, the American Community Survey, the Economic Census, and other Census Bureau research methods play a major role in community and government decisions regarding program planning, policy development, needs assessment, and the allocation of federal funds.
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What is the Census? • The census is a count of everyone living in the United States every 10 years. • The census is mandated by the U.S. Constitution. • The next census is April 1, 2020. • Your participation in the census is required by law. • Federal law protects the personal information you share during the census. • Census data is used to distribute Congressional seats to states, to make decisions about what community services to provide, and to distribute over one billion dollars in federal funds to Indian Country each year. |
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California Indian Manpower Consortium, Inc. (CIMC) is funded in part by the U.S. Department of Labor.
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Be Counted in the 2020 Census (video)
Census 101: What You Need to Know (pdf)
How the 2020 Census will invite everyone to respond (pdf)
2020 Census at a Glance (pdf)
2020 Census and Confidentiality (pdf)
Counting Young Children in the Census (pdf)
The 2020 Census is accessible for eveyone. (pdf)
2020 Census Informational Questionnaire (pdf)
Indian Country Counts - Our People. Our Nations. Our Future. - NCAI 2020 Census Toolkit (June 2019) (pdf)
Why it is important to have and accurate Count of California's Population? (pdf)
Why is Important for Tribal Community Members to Respond to the 2020 Census? (pdf)
CA Census | Be Counted, California!
U.S. Census Bureau/Tribal Affairs
Census Policy Advocacy Network (CPAN)
CIMC Complete Count - Census 2020 Project
Video: CIMC Executive Director - CA Census 2020 Call to Action Press Briefing (April 2019)
News Articles:
MTV News: How Young Native Americans are Using the Census to Make their Communities Heard (July 15, 2019)
Census.gov: Tribes form Complete Count Committees to Promote Census Particiation (June 25, 2019)
Desert Sun: Torres Martinez Tribe prepares for census count in 2020 (June 14, 2019)
The Washington Post: Census, tribal leaders push for American Indian Participation in 2020 Census (June 14, 2019)
Indian Country Today: Census is less than a year away: A better count is essential for Indian Country (April 9, 2019)
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