1. Arlington CCC Meeting
September 14, 2019

2. Arlington Complete Count Committee
September 14 Agenda
1:00 Welcome and Introductions
1:10 News from the U.S. Census Bureau and Regional Updates
1:20 Arlington Partner and Outreach Updates 
1:35 Advancing the Arlington CCC Action Plan and Subcommittee Updates
2:40 Arlington CCC Communication Tools
2:50 Next Steps and Key Dates
3:00 Adjourn

3. News from the U.S. Census Bureau
&
Regional Updates

4. Annual Federal Funding- Arlington
$1-2.2 Million
Department of Homeland Security
Department of Justice
Crime Victim Assistance
Homeland Security Grant
$3 Million
Education Department
Title 1 Grants | Special Education
Career and Technical Education
$0.8 Million
Department of Labor
WIOA Adult Activities and Grants
Employment Services
$20 Million
Housing and Urban Development
CDBG | Section 8 | HOMEHUD
On average, Arlington County receives around $50 million annually from federal assistance programs that rely on data derived from the Decennial Census.
The federal assistance helps support a wide variety of services throughout Arlington. Over half of the funding received goes towards the following five programs: Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers HUD, National School Lunch Program USDA, Highway Planning and Construction DOT, Medical Assistance Program (Medicaid) HHS, and Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program USDA.
Arlington County received $18.7 million for the administration of Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers program which supported 1,504 households in FY2018.
Arlington Public Schools received $4.5 million for the National School Lunch Program which provided free and reduced lunches to over 8,000 students.
Arlington received over $5 million annually for transportation related projects. Since 2010, the following projects have benefited from federal assistance that relies on data derived from the Decennial Census: Columbia Pike Bus Stop improvements, Crystal City/Potomac Yard Transit Way, Rosslyn Station access improvements, Pentagon City Station access improvements, and Ballston multimodal improvements.
In addition, Arlington receives a combined total of $1-3 million on an annual basis from the following agencies: Department of Homeland Security, Department of Justice, and Department of Labor.
$9 Million
Department of Agriculture
School lunch and breakfast programs | SNAP
Child and Adult Care Food Program | WIC
$9 Million
Health and Human Services
Medicaid | Foster Care |Social Services Block Grants
Adoption | Substance Abuse | Programs for the Aging |
Child Care for low income Families | Children’s health insurance
$5-10 Million
Department of Transportation
Highway Planning | Federal Transit Grants
arlingtonva.us/census

5. Options for Responding to the 2020 Census
Households will have options to respond:
Online
By Phone
By Mail
One response per households capturing information for all that live there as of April 1, 2020.
arlingtonva.us/census

6. How Does the Census Work?
Every household will receive an official invitation from the U.S. Census Bureau to Participate in the 2020 Census starting in March 12, 2020.
Four additional mailings will occur to those that have not responded.
Paper questionnaires will mailed out in early April.
Enumeration begins in May 2020 for those that have not responded.
arlingtonva.us/census

7. Getting a Complete Count
The most accurate and efficient way to obtain a complete count of all Arlington residents is to promote and support
SELF-RESPONSE!
arlingtonva.us/census

8. What Questions are on the Survey?
Question for EACH Person
Household Questions
How many people are living or staying at your home on April 1, 2020. 
Whether the home is owned or rented. 
About the sex of each person in your home. 
About the age of each person in your home. 
About the race of each person in your home. 
About whether a person in your home is of Hispanic, Latino, or Spanish origin. 
About the relationship of each person in your home. 
Total number of people living in home as of April 1, 2020.
Any additional people staying in home as of April 1, 2020.
Occupancy (owned or rented)
Telephone number
arlingtonva.us/census

9. Other Types of Assistance
Language Services
Paper English and Spanish
Online/Phone English, Chinese, Korean, Russian, Spanish, Vietnamese, Arabic, French, Haitian Creole, Japanese, Polish, Portuguese, and Tagalog
Other Types of Assistance
Language Guides
59 non-English languages
Print and Video
American Sign Language
video guide
Print guides
Braille
Large print
arlingtonva.us/census

10. Is My Information Confidential?
Responses are Confidential, Safe, and Secure.
Answers cannot be used against you in any way.
Responses to the 2020 Census protected by federal law.
All Census Bureau staff take a lifetime oath to protect your personal information. Violations result in a penalty of up to $250,000 and/or 5 years in prison.
We will never ask for:
Your full social security number.
Your bank or credit card account numbers.
Money or donations.
Anything on behalf of a political party.
There are no exceptions.
The law (Title 13) requires the Census Bureau to keep everyone’s information confidential. By law, your responses cannot be used against you by any government agency or court in any way.
We will never ask for:
Your full social security number.
Your bank or credit card account numbers.
Money or donations.
Anything on behalf of a political party.
arlingtonva.us/census

11. Counting Everyone Once, Only Once and in the Right Place

12. Counting Everyone Once, Only Once and in the Right Place

13. Regional Coordination
Governor’s CCC
$1.5 million for materials and translation
Northern Virginia Community Foundation
Coordinating with Regional Business Partners
Washington Council of Governments
WMATA, Washington Nationals, Leveraging Messaging, Video, Social Media
Telemundo (Hazte Contar)

14. Arlington Partner
&
Outreach Updates

15. Arlington Census Partners
Type of Organization
Partners
Apartments/ Condos 24
Businesses 18
Civic Associations 11
Commissions 4
Community Organizations 32
Community Resources 23
Daycares 1
Faith-Based Organizations
Foundations
Governmental Organizations
Schools 7
Universities
Over 120 ARLINGTON PARTNERS
Share information about the importance of participating in Census 2020 for Partner networks
Encourage everyone to Be Counted in Census 2020  between March - June 2020.
NEW PARTNER TOOLKIT

16. Census Awareness Volunteer Arlington Arlington County Fair
APS Festival of Minds
Buckingham Festival
Senior Olympics
Rosslyn Jazz Festival
Marymount University

17. Advancing the Arlington CCC Action Plan
&
Subcommittee Updates

18. Arlington CCC Action Plan
Focus Areas
Arlington CCC Action
Plan Phases
Hard to Count
Energizing Partners
Communications
Donations and Supporters
September-December: Public Awareness & Partner Education January-February: Public Education (What, Why, How) March –June: 2020 COUNT SEASON

19. Hard to Count
Develop proactive intentional strategies to reach ensure individuals in hard to count communities participate in the 2020 Census.
Persons who distrust the government
LGBTQ persons
Persons with mental or physical disabilities
Persons who do not live in traditional housing (group quarters)
Millennials
Seniors
Young children
Highly mobile persons
Racial and ethnic minorities
Non-English speakers
Low income persons
Persons experiencing homelessness
Undocumented immigrants

20. Energizing Partners
Focus on developing key activities and strategies to keep partners engaged and energized.
Develop a partner toolkit—to help build awareness across their networks.
Proactively communicate with partners and help support them in their outreach efforts throughout the Census season.

21. Donations
Focus on outreach to businesses and foundations to make donations to support before and during COUNT SEASON in 2020.
This includes items that will encourage residents to come on out and BE COUNTED (food, give-a ways, creative educational materials, etc.)

22. Communications and Messaging
Develop key themes, messages, infographics, sample newsletter articles, and stories.
Develop a social media kit for partner use;
Work on strategic media placement.

23. Arlington CCC
Communication Tools

25. Next Steps
&
Key Dates

26. Sat, June 1 (AM): Organizational Meeting
CCC Homework: Recruit 5-10 New Partners;
Individual Subcommittee Meetings
Tues July 23 (PM): CCC Virtual Check-In
Subcommittee Draft Action Plans
August 16-18: COUNTY FAIR
CCC Volunteer 2-3 Hour Shifts
Sat, Sept 14: CCC In-Person (1-3 PM)
Agenda: Subcommittee updates; Partner Updates; Outreach Updates
Thurs, Sept 26: PARTNER TRAINING (7-8:30 PM)
Charles Drew Community Center
Thurs, Oct 24: CCC Virtual Check-in
Agenda: Partner Gap outreach; Finalize Subcommittee 2020 Actions
Sat, Nov 2: PARTNER TRAINING (1-2:30 PM)
Walter Reed Community Center
Sat, Dec 7: CCC In-Person
Agenda: Subcommittee updates, Partner status, 2020 Strategic View

27. What’s Coming Up? Join us at: Sept. 29- Taste of Ethiopia
Sept. 29- Crystal City Oktoberfest
Sept. 30- Valley Fest Street Festival
Oct. 5- Latino American Festival
Oct. 6- Columbia Pike Fall Fest