"TAKE 10" CHALLENGEData Displayed as of May 3, 2010: Grand Rapids, MI76%Participation Rate
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COMPLETE COUNT COMMITTEE""TAKE 10" CHALLENGE3/10/2010 Press Release4/1/2010 Press Release 2010 CENSUS WEBSITEQUESTIONNAIRE ASSISTANCE CENTERS (QAC) OPEN FRIDAY, MARCH 19. | We Can't Move Forward Until |
Door-to-door census taking will take place in May, June and early July 2010. Local census takers will visit households that did not mail back a census form. All census takers carry an official badge and a shoulder bag — both with the Department of Commerce seal — and a binder. During a visit, census takers will show ID and hand respondents an information sheet explaining that their answers are confidential. The census taker will complete the questionnaire, which should take about 10 minutes. If no one is home, a "notice of visit" will be left at the door inviting the resident to call the census taker to complete the form over the phone.
The census taker will only ask the questions that appear on the 2010 Census form. A census taker will not ask for social security number, bank account number or credit card number and will never solicit for donations or contact you by e-mail.
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Portrait of Grand RapidsGrand Rapids has become an increasingly diverse community. These videos celebrate that diversity and discuss the importance of the Census to everyone.
| THERE'S STILL TIME…so fill out and mail back your census form TODAY!If you have not received a census form in the mail, or think you were left off your household’s census form, you can pick up a Be Counted form to ensure you are counted. Be Counted forms, available in English, Spanish, Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese and Russian, can be picked up in nearly 39,000 community locations nationwide and mailed back in the attached postage-paid envelope. Be Counted forms are available at the City's Customer Service Information Center at 300 Monroe Avenue NW, or visit http://2010.census.gov/2010census/take10map/. to find a site near you, You can also give your answers over the phone or request a form be sent to where you live. Do it today, to ensure you can mail it back in time to avoid a census taker coming to your door. Don't be left out of the count for your community. Telephone Questionnaire Assistance (TQA) • ENGLISH - 1-866-872-6868 QUESTIONNAIRE ASSISTANCE CENTERS OPEN MARCH 19!35 Questionnaire Assistance Centers (QAC)will open throughout the Grand Rapids area on Friday, March 19. Census workers will be on site in each QAC 15 hours per week to assist residents with completing their Census forms. Click here for a list of sites and times. CENSUS ROAD TOUR COMES TO GRAND RAPIDS!The Census Road Tour will arrive in Grand Rapids on Friday, March 5, at 5:00 pm, and will kickoff with a visit to the Boys and Girls Club Youth Commonwealth, 235 Straight Street. Youth will be displaying their Census awareness projects and City and Census officials will be on hand to kickoff the tour. Media are encouraged to come out to the event. A copy of the Press Release is available. Census Road Tour Press Kits are available at the Census 2010 website. On Saturday, March 6, the Road Tour will be on public display at DeVos Place Convention Center in downtown Grand Rapids from 10 am - 5 pm. |
GR Census 2010 Timeline 2009 January 1 – March 31, 2010 March 2010 April, 2010 Late April through Early July, 2010 December 31, 2010 |