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What is the Greensboro Complete Count Committee?

• A volunteer team of community leaders, nonprofit organizations, residents, and city staff
• Planning outreach and awareness campaigns for the 2010 Census.
• Reassurance to the community that the census is easy, important, and safe
• Assurance that every resident living in Greensboro is counted:
  • young and old
  • teachers and students
  • residents, non-citizens, and temporary workers.

Complete and accurate census data paints a portrait of Greensboro that reflects the diversity in our community. Consider the following:

• Political Representation: Population counts are used to determine the number of representatives from North Carolina in the US Congress, as well as to determine state and local representation and districts.
• Federal Funding: $400 billion dollars is allocated to states each year by the federal government using census data. This money is used for:
  • social services
  • medicaid / medicare
  • schools
  • colleges and universities
  • community development programs
  • transportation
  • grants for nonprofit organizations
• Planning Community Resources: Census data helps guide local planning decisions, such as where to provide additional social services; build new roads, hospitals and schools; and where to locate job-training centers. 
• Sound Business Decisions: Census data is critical to help companies make strategically and fiscally sound decisions that spur and sustain economic development and growth.
• Nonprofit Organizations: Accurate census data aids organizations with grant writing and helps target services and ensures maximum benefit to those served.

Our population is rapidly changing, and accurate census data is needed to help make positive improvements in our community. Every uncounted resident in Greensboro could represent a potential loss of $13,000 in federal funding over the next ten years for our community. 
_{(Estimate based on the current US population / $400 billion in annual federal funding.)} 

How Can Greensboro Count on You?

• Spread the word about the upcoming census in your neighborhood.
• Reassure your friends and family it's safe and important to answer the census questionnaire.
• Ask a census representative to speak at your local civic, service, or neighborhood organization meeting.
• Include census 2010 information in newsletters or on bulletin boards at your place of worship or neighborhood gathering spots.  
• Have your business or organization become an official 2010 Census Partner.
• Volunteer with the Greensboro Complete Count Committee.
• Most importantly, complete and return your 2010 Census form by April 1, 2010.