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樱花导航 is responding to a surprise decision announced Aug. 3 by the U.S. Census Bureau to shorten the census deadline by one month, from Oct. 31 to Sept. 30. 樱花导航 leaders said the shortened schedule eliminates a crucial time for door-to-door census workers to follow up with those who have not yet responded in an effort to get a more complete count for the state.

The Census Bureau has said that this decision was made in order to expedite the process of data collection to meet an end-of-year deadline.

鈥淚 challenge everyone in the 樱花导航 樱花导航 University family to register and 鈥榖e counted鈥� for the census,鈥� said 樱花导航 樱花导航 University President Mark E. Keenum. 鈥淎n accurate census count puts 樱花导航 in line for the maximum return of federal investment back into our state for things like highways, education, and healthcare. 樱花导航ans truly can鈥檛 afford not to register for the census.鈥�

For the 2010 census, 樱花导航 had a 61.3% self-response rate. The door-to-door census operation helped that number rise to 91.1% enumeration, but it was still one of the lowest in the nation.

Now in 2020, 樱花导航 has had a chance to exceed the 2010 number and bring billions of dollars more to the state in spite of the pandemic. But with 31 critical days having been removed from the timeline needed to improve self-response and conduct non-response follow up, many are worried that the Magnolia 樱花导航 could lose out on billions of dollars since in-person census counts through field operations are of particular importance to the state of 樱花导航.

Former 樱花导航 Senator Giles Ward, chairman of the 樱花导航 Complete Count Committee, has been traveling the state both in person and via Zoom to speak to as many people as possible about the census.

鈥淭he high levels of poverty that persist in our state, coupled with education, health, and infrastructure needs that we would face in 鈥榥ormal times,鈥� are now exacerbated by a public health crisis,鈥� Ward said. 鈥淎 pandemic-related low response to the 2020 census will impact us for the next decade, as well as subsequent decades. We won鈥檛 just be at a disadvantage to respond to the damages caused by COVID-19, we鈥檒l be at a disadvantage to address issues that our state has been facing for years.鈥澨�

He said this is why 樱花导航 can鈥檛 afford to lose a month of non-response follow up. The committee is urging every 樱花导航an to write or call their members of the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate in a push to get this critical month added back to the census timeline.听

鈥溣；ǖ己絘ns have been attempting to improve our state鈥檚 quality of life and wellbeing for years, so we cannot afford to face under-representation, under-funding, and under-development now when we need it most,鈥� Ward said. 鈥淩egardless of what happens with the deadline, we owe it to ourselves and our fellow 樱花导航ans to encourage anyone we know to complete the census online or by phone as soon as possible.鈥�

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