Community Outreach + Toolkits
- Posters, flyers and stickers (designed for medical offices and workforce employees, MNA)
- How to Host a Successful Text Bank (English, Team Mobilize webinar)
- Immigration Task Force census videos (multiple languages)
- Digital Communications and Outreach toolkit (NALEO, English + Spanish)
- Virtual Organizing Strategies (English, Team Mobilize webinar)
- Census 2020 Fast Fact Poster (English)
- Census 2020 Fast Fact Poster (Arabic)
- Census 2020 Fast Fact Poster (Burmese)
- Census 2020 Fast Fact Poster (Hmong)
- Census 2020 Fast Fact Poster (Spanish)
- Census 2020 Fast Fact Poster (Vietnamese)
- Fast Fact Rack Card (or door hanger, English)
- Fast Fact Rack Card (or door hanger, Arabic)
- Fast Fact Rack Card (or door hanger, Spanish)
- Pledge card (English)
- Census Curriculum Linked to Power Building (South Carolina Appleseed and Greater Birmingham Ministries, facilitation guide with handouts)
- Community Outreach Toolkit (US Census Bureau)
- Community presentation (informational, editable Powerpoint)
- Community presentation (interactive, quiz, editable Powerpoint)
- Pledge Card (editable .pdf)
- Pledge Card (editable Powerpoint)
- llinois Count Me In Census 2020 Communications Toolkit (variety of materials)
- State of Colorado Resource Hub (source a variety of materials in English and Spanish)
- National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials Education Fund/NALEO Communications Toolkit (Spanish)
- NALEO Census 101 (Spanish)
- NALEO Census 101 (English)
- Yalla Count Me In Downloadable Materials (Arabic and English)
- Translated Get Out The Count Materials (Asian Americans Advancing Justice, various Asian languages)
Frequently Asked Questions + Tips
- Disinformation 101 (English)
- What is disinformation (English)
- Detecting disinformation (English)
- Detecting disinformation (Arabic)
- Avoiding scams (English, AARP)
- Avoiding scams (Spanish, AARP)
- Census confidentiality (One-page flyer, State of Minnesota)
- 2020 Census and confidentiality (One-page flyer, English)
- 2020 Census and confidentiality (One-page flyer, Arabic)
- 2020 Census and confidentiality (One-page flyer, Spanish)
- CFSEM weekly email newsletter archive (maintained by Mobo Ayeni, EarlyWorks)
- Census Tips for Reporters (National Public Radio’s Hansi Lo Wang)
- Grantee Frequently Asked Questions
- Frequently Asked Questions (State of Colorado)
Counting Young Children
- Counting All Kids (One-page Flyer, Partnership for America’s Children)
- Counting Young Children in the 2020 Census (One-page Flyer, US Census Bureau)
- Update from the Undercount of Young Children Subteam (US Census Bureau) USE with Understanding Complex Families Slide
- Young Children and the Census Undercount (Multiple resources from The Early Childhood Funders Collaborative)
- Understanding the Undercount of Young Children (The Annie E. Casey Foundation, 4/2019 blog post)
Businesses + Census Engagement
- Customer + Employee Engagement (single flyer, ReadyNation)
- Customer + Employee Engagement (three flyers per sheet, ReadyNation)
- Customer + Employee Engagement (single flyer without logo, ReadyNation)
- Customer + Employee Engagement (three flyers without logo per sheet, ReadyNation)
- Engage Business Owners + Operators (handout, ReadyNation)
- Customizable Handout (ReadyNation)
- Business or Organization Newsletter Language (template, ReadyNation)
- Employee Engagement Language (template, ReadyNation)
- Michigan Census Toolkit (ReadyNation)
- Detroit Regional Chamber Resources and FAQs
- Council for a Strong America (Publications and resources)
- How and Why Companies Invest in Get-Out-The-Vote Efforts, Harvard Business Review
City, State + National Resources
- City of Detroit census map (real-time updates)
- Self-response Rates By State (US Census Bureau)
- May social media content calendar (MNA, updated monthly)
- April virtual census party (MNA)
- Host a Create-A-Thon or source community content (US Census Bureau)
- Community Videos (US Census Bureau, multiple languages)
- Public Service Announcements (US Census Bureau, toolkit)
- City of Detroit citizens videos (various, look for “Census 2020”)
- State of Michigan state-specific Census 101 presentation
- School activities, all ages (US Census Bureau)
- Breakdown of Michigan Federal Funding (Counting for Dollars 2020 Program, State breakdown)
- BeCountedMI2020 Downloadable Resources (Filter the materials by type)
- MIVoiceCounts.org (State of Michigan public-facing site, many resources)
- Internet First Preview Letter (US Census Bureau)
- Internet Choice (Paper First) Preview Letter (US Census Bureau)
- Preview of Questionnaire (US Census Bureau)
- Preview of the online form (Youtube video, STARTS at 1:56:15)
- Be Counted Detroit 2020 (City of Detroit resources)
- American Library Association Library Guide to the 2020 Census
- Minnesota’s Communication + Mobilization Plan (Grassroots Solutions)
- Immigration statistics slides (The Poynter Institute and US Census Bureau)
- The Census State Landscape Scan (Grassroots Solutions)
- NonprofitVOTE Nonprofits Count Resources
- Faith in Public Life video (faith-oriented video)
Area Complete Count Committees + Municipal Contacts
- Bloomfield Township, Contact: Jan Roncelli
- Dearborn, Contact: Hassan Sheikh (313-404-2058)
- Detroit, Contact: Victoria Kovari
- Ferndale, Contact: Justin Lyons
- Grosse Pointe, Contact: Jennifer Palms Boettcher
- Highland Park Complete Count Committee, Contact: Anistia Thomas
- Oakland County Complete Count Committee, Contact: Janet Jackson and Shelley Goodman Taub
- Oak Park Complete Count Committee, Contact: Crystal VanVleck
- Pontiac Complete Count Committee, Contact: Tameka Ramsey
- Royal Oak Complete Count Committee, Contact: James Krizen
- Sterling Heights Complete Count Committee, Contact: Melanie Ryska
- Wayne County Complete Count Committee, Contact: Zaineb A. Hussein
Messaging Research
- 2020 Census Predictive Models and Audience Segmentation Report (US Census Bureau, especially pages 66-82) USE with Census ROAM tool + the 2020 Census Audience Segmentation Layer selected
- CFSEM Audience Segmentation
- Fear Nuances slide sourced from Professor Hayg Oshagan
- Asian, Pacific Islander Research (Asian Americans Advancing Justice/AAJC)
- Arab American Research (Arab American Institute)
- More Black than Blue: Politics and Power in the 2019 Black Census (Color of Change, Black Futures Lab)
- Black Community Research (Color of Change, Hart Research, and Brossard Research)
- Message Testing Webinars + Materials (Funders Committee for Civic Participation)