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Census 2020

The last day to participate in the U.S. 2020 Census is now September 30, formerly October 31.

 

What’s at stake?
Much of the funding that comes from the Census count helps the most vulnerable among us. It provides health care, education, food and nutrition programs, housing, and child care for low-income families:

• In Fiscal Year 2015, Massachusetts received $16 billion for programs such as Medicaid, Medicare, SNAP, Section 8 Vouchers, Title 1 Education Grants, and Head Start.
• For every resident who is not counted in the state, $2,372 in funding is missed.

Addressing common concerns:

• There is NO citizenship question on the 2020 Census. The 2020 Census does not ask whether you or anyone in your home is a U.S. citizen.
  
• The 2020 Census counts everyone living in the country, including non-citizens. 
• The law prevents the Census Bureau from sharing your information with law enforcement.
• Your answers cannot be used to impact your eligibility for government benefits. 
• More at: https://2020census.gov/en/news-events/rumors.html

In addition to the mail, you can complete the census online or over the phone in 13 different languages.

Additional Language support: translated web pages and guides are also available in 59 non-English languages, including American Sign Language, as well as guides in braille and large print: https://2020census.gov/en/languages.html

Census Help Events
Staff will answer questions and help access the U.S. 2020 Census in 13 languages. At our events, we will have technology, protective equipment, and be physically distancing. Join one of the events happening through August 28:

Monday: 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.

• Tree of Life, 297 Centre Street #2, Jamaica Plain, MA 02130
• Roxbury Tenants of Harvard, 11 New Whitney Street, Mission Hill, MA 02115

Tuesday: 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.

• YMCA Dorchester, 776 Washington Street, Dorchester, MA 02124
• YMCA Egleston, 3134 Washington Street, Roxbury, MA 02119

Wednesday: 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.

• BCYF Paris Street, 112 Paris Street, East Boston, MA 02128
• YMCA Roxbury, 285 Martin Luther King Bvd., Roxbury, MA 02119

Thursday: 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.

• BHA Mary Ellen McCormack, 7 Sterling Square, South Boston, MA 02127
• YMCA Menino, 137 River Street, Hyde Park, MA 02136
• VietAID, 42 Charles Street, Dorchester, MA 02122

Friday: 8 a.m. - 12 p.m.

• YMCA Bremen Street, 215 Bremen Street, East Boston, MA 02128
• Friday: 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.
• YMCA Wang, 8 Oak Street, Chinatown, MA 02116

Source and for more information: Boston Counts 2020 https://www.boston.gov/departments/intergovernmental-relations/boston-counts-2020