In March, homes in the Yakima\narea and throughout the U.S. will begin receiving invitations to participate in\nthe 2020 Census.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Once the invitation arrives, you\ncan respond for your home in one of three ways: online, by phone or by mail.\nCensus Day is April 1st<\/sup> and by that date every home will have\nreceived an invitation to participate in the Census.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Census will include 10\nquestions for the head of household to fill out, as well as eight questions for\nother household members.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Also in April, Census takers will\nbegin visiting those who live in large group settings such as assisted living\nfacilities and college campuses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In May, the U.S. Census Bureau\nwill begin visiting homes that haven\u2019t responded to the 2020 Census.<\/p>\n\n\n\n With $800 billion in federal\nfunding at stake for communities nationwide, it is vital that all Yakima homes\nparticipate in the Census to ensure an accurate count.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWe only get one chance every 10 years at achieving a full\ncount. This data will inform important policy decisions and determine federal\nfunding allocations for a decade,\u201d said City of Yakima Communications\n& Public Affairs Director Randy Beehler. \u201cFor example, funding for\ntransportation projects, community development grants, and school construction\nare determined in part by the census numbers. That\u2019s why a complete and\naccurate count is so important.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Article 1, Section 2 of the U.S.\nConstitution requires that a census be conducted. Originally, the main purpose\nfor conducting a census was to establish representation in Congress. Today, in\naddition to its many other benefits, the census is an important tool for\ndetermining how state and federal funding is allocated to local governments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cFill out your form to help make\nsure we here in Yakima don\u2019t miss out on our share of resources,\u201d Beehler said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Visit https:\/\/2020census.gov\/<\/a> for more about the\n2020 Census. <\/p>\n\n\n\n In March, homes in the Yakima area and throughout the U.S. will begin receiving invitations to participate in the 2020 Census. Once the invitation arrives, you can respond for your home in one of three ways: online, by phone or by mail. Census Day is April 1st and by that date every home will have<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8340","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8340","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8340"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8340\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8343,"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8340\/revisions\/8343"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8340"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8340"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8340"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}