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Equity & the Impact of a 2020 Census Undercount Carrie Davis, Democracy Program Director SEPTEMBER 2019 National Governors Association: Policy Institute for Governors’ Human Services Advisors

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Equity & the Impact of a 2020 Census Undercount

Carrie Davis, Democracy Program Director

SEPTEMBER 2019

National Governors Association:

Policy Institute for Governors’ Human Services Advisors

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Source: “Counting for Dollars 2020: The Role of the Decennial Census in the Geographic Distribution of

Federal Funds,” by George Washington University Institute of Public Policy (2019).

Medicaid

$361 billionHighways

$40 billion

Sec. 8 Vouchers

$19 billion

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What Groups are Hard to Count?

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Potential Barriers

NEW! 3 Ways to Respond:

Online, By Phone, By Mail

But….

- Digital Divide

- Digital Avoidance

- Distrust in Government is high, especially in certain communities.

Is participating

worth it?

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PLAN

PARTNERPROMOTE

What YOU & Your State Can Do

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Carrie Davis | [email protected]

Equity & the 2020 Census:Hard-to-Count Communities have

to be SEEN to be Served