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Key Websites

2010 Census Official Website
www.2010.census.gov

The Census Bureau’s website presents background information about the Census, schedule of events, various toolkits, promotional materials, information about how to partner with the Bureau, guidelines for how to utilize Complete Count Committees, and news updates.

Responsibility for implementing the 2010 census for California is divided between two regional offices. The Seattle office coordinates Northern California activities, and the Los Angeles regional office oversees Southern California, including the Central Valley through Fresno.

The Brookings Institution
www.brookings.edu

In-depth research articles and papers on the census can be found at this website, including analysis of the Census Bureau’s planning for the decennial census and the impact of an undercount on state and local governments.

The Census Project
www.thecensusproject.org

This website provides weekly updates of census-related news through its Census News Briefs and the posting of relevant news articles. It also has a number of useful Census fact sheets and has launched a blog to keep stakeholders and the public updated with accurate information.

The Funders’ Census Initiative
www.funderscommittee.org

This is a website for an ad hoc working group of national, state, and regional foundations that are committed to stimulating interest in the 2010 census, with a focus on producing an accurate count of hard-to-count communities. The project provides informational updates, outreach, resource development, a funders’ toolkit, and one-on-one consultations to help funders support census activities.

Healthy City
www.healthycityca.org

This website provides a highly useful mapping resource for census funders and other California stakeholders to identify regions or neighborhoods with high concentration of HTC residents, as well as nonprofit organizations that may be able to assist with census outreach and assistance.
The site allows users to analyze populations at the state, regional, or local levels (down to a census tract) based on the following characteristics:
Concentration of HTC residents
Ethnicity/race
Language spoken at home
Families living poverty

Leadership Conference on Civil Rights Education Fund (LCCREF)
www.civilrights.org

This website presents information about how the census affects local communities, including its impact on the allocation of federal funding, redistricting, and the enforcement of civil rights. The website is part of a larger project by LCCREF to provide training, support, and media assistance to local efforts to increase census participation among hard-to-count populations in thirteen metropolitan areas. Partnering organizations in this project include Asian American Justice Center, the NAACP, the National Association of Latino Elected Officials Educational Fund (NALEO), and the National Congress of American Indians. This project plans to hold trainings and work with local partners in the Los Angeles and Bay Area regions to promote census participation.

Nonprofits Count!
www.nonprofitscount.org

A project of the Nonprofit Voter Engagement Network, this website provides information, including best practices, on how nonprofit organizations and human services agencies can help produce an accurate count of hard-to-count populations. It also offers a census toolkit for nonprofit organizations and regularly scheduled webinars.

Grantmakers Concerned With Immigrants and Refugees
www.gcir.org

GCIR has produced a Funders' Guide to the 2010 Census. The guide is geared to help foundations and donors understand how they can support efforts to improve the accuracy of the census count in local communities. GCIR's website provides extensive information and resources to help guide philanthropic investment and leadership in the 2010 census. Some examples include: