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Houston in Action hosts Community in Action Trainings to educate and mobilize the Houston region and Harris County for a complete count of the #2020Census. In addition, you can Test your knowledge about the Census, learn about the History of the Census, race, LGBTQ issues, and bridging the digital divide, or download our Toolkit: Presenting about Census 2020 in the Community to make sure your community is getting counted. #HTownCounts

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  • Video

    Working Together for a Complete Count Part 2 - Story of Self

    View ResourceBy Houston in Action

  • Video

    Working Together for a Complete Count Part 1

    View ResourceBy Houston in Action

  • PDF

    Census Quiz - Test your knowledge of the 2020 Census

    View ResourceBy Houston in Action

  • PDF

    Census Frauds and Scams Tip Sheet - Vietnamese

    View ResourceBy AARP

  • PDF

    Census Frauds and Scams Tip Sheet - Traditional Chinese

    View ResourceBy AARP

  • PDF

    Census Frauds and Scams Tip Sheet - Spanish

    View ResourceBy AARP

  • PDF

    Census Frauds and Scams Tip Sheet - Korean

    View ResourceBy AARP

  • Link

    Provide info from multiple sources through a single app

    View ResourceBy Demlabs

  • PDF

    Protecting Yourself Against Scams

    View ResourceBy Arab American Institute

  • Video

    PowerBase Training

    View ResourceBy Houston in Action

  • PDF

    Partnerships at a Glance

    View ResourceBy U.S. Census Bureau

  • PDF

    Partnership Frequently Asked Questions

    View ResourceBy U.S. Census Bureau

  • PDF

    Partnership Fact Sheet for Community Organizations

    View ResourceBy U.S. Census Bureau

  • PDF

    Palm Cards

    View ResourceBy NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc

  • Link

    Map of Local Complete Count Committees

    View ResourceBy U.S. Census Bureau

  • PDF

    Libraries' Guide to the 2020 Census

    View ResourceBy American Library Association

  • Link

    Learning about voting and census problems as they occur

    View ResourceBy Demlabs

  • Article

    How Much Funding Does a Complete Count Committee Need?

    View ResourceBy Count All Kids

  • Article

    Here’s Why an Accurate Census Count Is So Important

    View ResourceBy New York Times

  • Link

    Helping people without internet access or cell phones

    View ResourceBy Demlabs

  • PDF

    Guide to the Redistricting

    View ResourceBy NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc

  • PDF

    Guide to the Census

    View ResourceBy NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc

  • Link

    Follow the Money - Count on Your Census

    View ResourceBy Asian Americans Advancing Justice

  • Link

    Finding transitory living facilities to reach the 'hard to contact' (HTC)

    View ResourceBy Demlabs

  • Link

    Finding the closest resource

    View ResourceBy Demlabs

  • Link

    FCI Briefing Series: Census 2020 Messaging Testing Results

    View ResourceBy Color of Change

  • Article

    FAQs on Census Enumerator Jobs

    View ResourceBy Census Outreach

  • PDF

    Executive Summary: How Businesses Can Contribute to an Accurate 2020 Census

    View ResourceBy Ready Nation

  • PDF

    Differential Privacy in the 2020 Census- Confidentiality Protections and Data Implications

    View ResourceBy Georgetown Poverty Center

  • PDF

    Detecting Disinformation Factsheet

    View ResourceBy Arab American Institute

  • Link

    Creating and customizing videos

    View ResourceBy Demlabs

  • Video

    Counting Young Children Strategy and Resources

    View ResourceBy Partnership For America's Children

  • PDF

    Counting Young Children in the 2020 Census

    View ResourceBy U.S. Census Bureau

  • PDF

    Counting Rural America

    View ResourceBy Georgetown Center on Poverty & Inequality

  • Link

    Conduct surveys without internet access

    View ResourceBy Demlabs

  • PDF

    Community Impact Planner

    View ResourceBy Houston in Action

  • Link

    Collecting video clips from community members to mobilize others

    View ResourceBy Demlabs

  • Podcast

    Civil Rights vs. Fake News - Count on Your Census

    View ResourceBy Asian Americans Advancing Justice

  • Link

    Choosing the best spot to place a billboard

    View ResourceBy Demlabs

  • PDF

    Census Partnerships: 2020 Census at a Glance

    View ResourceBy U.S. Census Bureau

  • Video

    Census Outreach Part 2

    View ResourceBy Houston in Action

  • Link

    Census Outreach Do's and Don'ts

    View ResourceBy Houston in Action

  • Video

    Census Operations Part 5: How to Monitor the Count in Real Time

    View ResourceBy Census Counts Campaign & Funders Census Initiative

  • PDF

    Census Messaging for Children

    View ResourceBy Partnership for America's Children

  • Article

    Census May Take Hit as Business Data, Redistricting at Stake

    View ResourceBy Bloomberg News

  • PDF

    Census Frauds and Scams Tip Sheet - Vietnamese

    View ResourceBy AARP

  • PDF

    Census Frauds and Scams Tip Sheet - English

    View ResourceBy AARP

  • PDF

    Census Faith Toolkit

    View ResourceBy Faith in Public Life

  • Article

    Census 2020 Promotional Materials

    View ResourceBy U.S. Census Bureau

  • Video

    Census 101

    View ResourceBy Houston in Action

  • PDF

    Censo 2020 Español

    View ResourceBy Census Counts

  • Article

    Back to School Resources

    View ResourceBy NALEO

  • Article

    A 2020 Census Flop Would Pose A Danger To U.S. Business

    View ResourceBy Forbes.com

  • PDF

    2020: What's At Stake

    View ResourceBy Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance

  • PDF

    2020 Census Toolkit for State and Local Officials

    View ResourceBy U.S. Census Bureau

  • Article

    2020 Census Taglines and Logos - 12 Non-English Languages

    View ResourceBy U.S. Census Bureau

  • PDF

    2020 Census Recruitment Toolkit

    View ResourceBy U.S. Census Bureau

  • Download

    2020 Census Complete Count Committees Map

    View ResourceBy U.S. Census Bureau

  • PDF

    2020 Census Complete Count Committee Guide

    View ResourceBy U.S. Census Bureau

  • PDF

    2019 Kids Count Data Book

    View ResourceBy The Annie E. Casey Foundation

  • .PDF

    Pledge Card

    View ResourceBy Houston in Action

  • .XLSX

    Preparing for the 2020 Census: Estimating Outreach Costs for Hard-to-Count Communities

    View ResourceBy Census Counts

  • Link

    2020 Census: Who’s At Risk of Being Miscounted?

    View ResourceBy Urban Institute

  • .PDF

    Administrative Records in the 2020 US Census

    View ResourceBy Census Counts

  • .PDF

    Arab American Demographics Factsheet

    View ResourceBy Census Counts

  • .PDF

    Census 101

    View ResourceBy Census Counts

  • .PDF

    Census 2020, Make Yourself Count: April 1, 2020

    View ResourceBy Census Counts

  • .PDF

    Census Accuracy and The Undercount: Why It Matters; How It’s Measured

    View ResourceBy Census Counts

  • Video

    Census Counts and Funders Census Initiative’s operations webinar series Part 4: Nonresponse Follow-Up

    View ResourceBy Census Counts

  • Video

    Census Counts and Urban Institute’s Webinar: 2020 Census, Who's at Risk of Being Miscounted?:

    View ResourceBy Urban Institute

  • .PDF

    Census Health Care Factsheet

    View ResourceBy Census Counts

  • .PDF

    Counting Everyone in the Digital Age: The Implications of Technology Use in the 2020 Decennial Census for the Count of Disadvantaged Groups

    View ResourceBy Census Counts

  • .PDF

    Debunking the Myths about the Citizenship Question on the 2020 Census Form

    View ResourceBy Census Counts

  • Video

    Digital Organizing Video Training Series: Digital Ads 101

    View ResourceBy Census Counts

  • Video

    Digital Organizing Video Training Series: Email 101

    View ResourceBy Census Counts

  • Video

    Digital Organizing Video Training Series: Introduction

    View ResourceBy Census Counts

  • Video

    Digital Organizing Video Training Series: SEO 101

    View ResourceBy Census Counts

  • Video

    Digital Organizing Video Training Series: SMS 101

    View ResourceBy Census Counts

  • Video

    Digital Organizing Video Training Series: Social Media 101

    View ResourceBy Census Counts

  • Video

    Digital Tools: Hard-to-Count Map

    View ResourceBy Advancing Justice

  • Video

    Engaging the AANHPI LGBTQ Community

    View ResourceBy Speakers Meghan (mmaury@thetaskforce.org) and Glenn (glenn_magpantay@nqapia.org)

  • .PDF

    Factsheet on the Census, Confidentiality and Japanese American Incarceration

    View ResourceBy Census Counts

  • .PDF

    FAQ: Data Disaggregation and Asian Americans in the U.S. Census

    View ResourceBy Census Counts

  • .PDF

    Get Out the Count Milestones

    View ResourceBy Census Counts

  • Link

    Hard to Count 2020

    View ResourceBy HTC 2020

  • Link

    Hard-to-Count State, City, and Congressional District Tables for African Americans

    View ResourceBy Census Counts

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    Hard-to-Count State, City, and Congressional District Tables for American Indians and Alaska Natives

    View ResourceBy Census Counts

  • Link

    Hard-to-Count State, City, and Congressional District Tables for Asian Americans and NHPIs

    View ResourceBy Census Counts

  • Link

    Hard-to-Count State, City, and Congressional District Tables for Children under Age 5

    View ResourceBy Census Counts

  • Link

    Hard-to-Count State, City, and Congressional District Tables for Latinos

    View ResourceBy Census Counts

  • Link

    Mapping Hard-to-Count (HTC) Communities for a Fair and Accurate Census (interactive map)

    View ResourceBy Census Counts

  • .PDF

    Mobilizing The Urban League Movement For An Accurate 2020 Census Count

    View ResourceBy Census Counts

  • .PDF

    More Black than Blue: Politics in the 2019 Census

    View ResourceBy Black Census

  • Download

    National LGBTQ Task Force’s Queer the Census State Factsheets

    View ResourceBy Center for American Progress

  • Link

    National LGBTQ Task Force’s QueerTheCensus.org census

    View ResourceBy National LGBTQ Task Force

  • Download

    NQAPIA’s Census Factsheets from their 2010 GOTC Campaign

    View ResourceBy NQAPIA

  • .PDF + Video

    Census Operations - Part 1 - Self-response

    View ResourceBy Census Counts

  • .PPT + Video

    Census Operations - Part 2 - Hiring

    View ResourceBy Census Counts

  • .PDF + Video

    Census Operations - Part 3 - Enumeration of Group Quarters & Transitory Locations

    View ResourceBy Census Counts

  • Video

    Census Operations - Part 4 - Nonresponse Follow Up

    View ResourceBy Census Counts

  • .PDF

    Phân tích các câu chuyện tưởng tượng về các Câu hỏi Quốc tịch ở Mẫu 2020 Điều tra dân số - Vietnamese translation of 2020 census fact sheet

    View ResourceBy Census Counts

  • .PDF

    Public Comment of Deborah Stein, J.D., Network Director of the Partnership for America’s Children to the Census National Advisory Committee Meeting, June, 2018

    View ResourceBy Census Counts

  • .PDF

    Race and Ethnicity in the 2020 Census: Improving Data to Capture a Multiethnic America

    View ResourceBy Census Counts

  • .PDF

    Revised Two-Question Hispanic Origin and Race Format for Census 2020 Raises Questions About the Accuracy of Data on the Latino Community

    View ResourceBy Census Counts

  • .PDF

    States Ranked by Percent of People with Disabilities Living in Hard-to-Count Census Tracts

    View ResourceBy Census Counts

  • .PDF

    The Census and Civil Rights

    View ResourceBy Census Counts

  • Video

    Webinar on the Citizenship Question - Next Steps

    View ResourceBy Partnership For America's Children

  • Video

    Webinar: 2020 Census, Who’s at Risk of Being Miscounted?

    View ResourceBy Census Counts

  • Video

    Webinar: Census 101 and the Young Child Undercount: Issues, Resources, Next Steps

    View ResourceBy Census Counts

  • Video

    Webinar: The 2020 Census: Why Ensuring a Fair and Accurate Count Matters

    View ResourceBy Census Counts

  • .PDF

    When the Rainbow Is Not Enough: LGB+ Voices in the 2019 Black Census

    View ResourceBy Black Census

  • .PDF

    Why a Fair and Accurate Census Matters to Thriving Private and Public Sectors

    View ResourceBy Census Counts

  • .PDF

    Why the Census Matters for People with Disabilities: A Guide to the 2020 Census Operations & Challenges

    View ResourceBy Census Counts

  • .PDF

    Will You Count? African Americans In The 2020 Census

    View ResourceBy Census Counts

  • .PDF

    Will You Count? American Indians and Alaska Natives In The 2020 Census

    View ResourceBy Census Counts

  • .PDF

    Will You Count? Asian Americans and Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders (NHPIs) In The 2020 Census

    View ResourceBy Census Counts

  • .PDF

    Will You Count? Households With Low Incomes In The 2020 Census

    View ResourceBy Census Counts

  • .PDF

    Will You Count? Latinos In The 2020 Census

    View ResourceBy Census Counts

  • .PDF

    Will You Count? Middle Eastern and North African Americans (MENA) In The 2020 Census

    View ResourceBy Census Counts

  • .PDF

    Will You Count? People Experiencing Homelessness In The 2020 Census

    View ResourceBy Census Counts

  • .PDF

    Will You Count? Renters In The 2020 Census

    View ResourceBy Census Counts

  • .PDF

    Will Your Kids Count? Young Children and Their Families In The 2020 Census

    View ResourceBy Census Counts

  • .PDF

    辟谣 2020 年人口普查表的公民身份问题

    View ResourceBy Census Counts

  • .PDF

    Data for a Strong Economy: Securing an accurate 2020 U.S. Census is essential for business

    View ResourceBy Ready Nation: Council for a Strong America

  • Link

    Business for the 2020 Census TaskForce

    View ResourceBy Ready Nation: Council for a Strong America

  • Google Form

    Join the Business for the 2020 Census Network

    View ResourceBy Ready Nation: Council for a Strong America

  • Article

    Business Leaders Spotlight Power of 2020 Census as “Big Data for Small Business”

    View ResourceBy Ready Nation: Council for a Strong America

  • Article

    Underfunded, Undercounted: New Mexico at Risk in the 2020 Census

    View ResourceBy NMPolitics.net

  • Article

    Letter to Congress: Business Leaders Urge Funding for 2020 Census Planning in the FY20 Appropriations Bill

    View ResourceBy Ready Nation: Council for a Strong America

  • Article

    Letter to Congress: Business Leaders Urge Funding for 2020 Census Planning in the FY19 Appropriations Bill

    View ResourceBy Ready Nation: Council for a Strong America

  • Article

    For Many Businesses, Good Census Data Is the Benchmark

    View ResourceBy Marketplace

  • Article

    Univision Hosts Meeting to Discuss Challenges, Solutions

    View ResourceBy United States Census Bureau

  • Article

    Our Workplace and Economy Depend on an Accurate Census

    View ResourceBy AL.com

  • Article

    9 Demographic Trends Shaping Retail’s Future

    View ResourceBy Forbes.com

  • Article

    Gov. Kay Ivey calls for ‘maximum participation’ in 2020 Census

    View ResourceBy AL.com

  • Article

    U.S. Census Troubles Threaten Future Real Estate Development

    View ResourceBy Bisnow

  • Briefing

    Better Data, Better Decisions: How the U.S. Census Bureau’s American - Community Survey Benefits Business and Government

    View ResourceBy Population Reference Bureau

  • .PDF

    In Order That They Might Rest Their Arguments on Facts: The Vital Role of Government-Collected Data

    View ResourceBy AEI and The Hamilton Project

  • Video

    Census 2020: Merging Resources and Efforts (Featuring Nancy Moody, DTE Energy)

    View ResourceBy Detroit One

  • Video

    Stats in Action: Target Uses Census Data

    View ResourceBy US Census Bureau

  • Video

    Stats in Action: Greater Houston Partnership Uses ACS Data

    View ResourceBy US Census Bureau

  • Article

    Business Counts: How Business Can Contribute to an Accurate 2020 Census

    View ResourceBy Ready Nation: Council for a Strong America

  • Webinar / Video

    The Intersection of the 2020 Census and Corporate Social Investments

    View ResourceBy CECP

  • Link

    Materials for Specific Audiences: Black/African American, Rural, Renters, American Indian and Alaska Native, Immigrant / Foreign Born, among others

    View ResourceBy 2020Census.gov

  • Graphic

    The Census Question (Visual overview of importance of census for effective distribution of public funds)

    View ResourceBy Reuters

  • PDF

    Business for the 2020 Census Network One-Pager

    View ResourceBy Ready Nation: Council for a Strong America

  • Powerpoint

    Slide Deck: Business Case For An Accurate 2020 Census

    View ResourceBy Ready Nation: Council for a Strong America

  • .PDF

    Talking Points: Business Case For An Accurate 2020 Census

    View ResourceBy Ready Nation: Council for a Strong America

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