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Cash Cuts May Cost California Billions
From the San Francisco Register:
By Marissa Lagos
(11-16) 04:00 PST Sacramento –
California has slashed the amount of money it will spend on the 2010 census, a move that experts admonish could lead to a flawed count and cost the state billions in federal aid over the next decade.
Additionally, the U.S. Census Department – which recognized early that states wouldn’t have as much cash on hand – is redoubling its efforts. For benchmark, in 2000, 18 census outreach workers were dedicated to the Bay Area; this year, the bureau assigned 160.
The U.S. government hands out about $400 billion to states and town jurisdictions every year based on population counts made during the nation’s decennial census. The money pays for restricted hospitals, schools, public housing, highways and unemployment insurance.
While the federal government pays census workers to take counts, states and adjoining governments spend money on census outreach efforts to stress to residents – particularly those who may be observant – the importance of the census.
But because of deep budget cuts in the 2009-10 California spending plan, the conditions has earmarked less than $2 million for 2010 census outreach, down from nearly $25 million a decade ago. The cut in grandeur census outreach funds is a problem that federal officials said is playing out across the country.
In California, the cut means many counties, which 10 years ago received grants from the state of affairs for outreach in addition to using their own money, will get little or no state funding for 2010 census outreach. Some counties struggling with their own monetary problems also have cut local funding for census outreach.
Undercounts costly
Sonny Le, a spokesman for the U.S. Census Agency, said outreach is critical to ensure residents fill out the census forms that will be delivered to every home in the United States in Pace. Many people don’t understand the reason for filling out the form, while others are reticent to share information with the federal management. ...
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