1. Your census information is confidential. Census workers are legally bound to federal confidentiality laws. Census workers can face $250,000 in fines and\/or five years in prison if they violate the confidentiality laws.<\/p>\n
2. The Census Bureau cannot share your personal information with any other local, state or federal agency. The Census Bureau provides general data to the public but it will not share your particular information with anyone else. For example, information about how many roommates you have in your home cannot be shared with your landlord or city government. Personal information such as this is protected by the confidentiality law. It is safe and required that everyone living in your home be counted on the census questionnaire.<\/p>\n
3. The U.S. Constitution mandates a census of the U.S. population. Everyone living in the United States is required to complete and return the census questionnaire.<\/p>\n
4. Everyone is counted in the census regardless of immigration status or age.<\/p>\n
5. There is no question on the census questionnaire about immigration status.<\/p>\n
6. The census questionnaire does not ask for social security numbers.<\/p>\n
7. Your participation is important because federal funding is at stake! San Francisco had an undercount of 100,000 people in the 2000 Census which led to a loss of $300 million in federal funding.<\/p>\n
8. In San Francisco, it is estimated that an undercount in Census 2010 could result in a loss of federal funding amounting to $4000 per person per year. An undercount would lead to lost funding for programs such as Head Start, Title I Education Funding for Vocational Training, Housing, Health and Public Transportation programs.<\/p>\n
Census questionnaires were sent out during the week of March 15, 2010 in pre-paid return envelopes. Everyone in San Francisco should return their completed questionnaires as soon as possible. For households that have not returned completed questionnaires by April 1, 2010, the Census Bureau will send its workers to those homes to follow up. To avoid home visits, aim to complete and return the questionnaire before April 1. If you need assistance with completing the questionnaire, there are multiple Questionnaire Assistance Centers (QACs) around San Francisco that can assist you in Spanish and other languages. To find QACs in San Francisco, please consult www.sfgsa.org and click on \u201cSFGOV 2010 Census.\u201d<\/p>\n
Be Counted sites<\/strong><\/p>\n A Be Counted site is a stand-alone, unstaffed space where Census information is disseminated.\u00a0Residents who think they were not included on any other Census Form can pick up Questionnaires to fill out and return to the U.S. Census Bureau by mail, free of charge. \u00a0There is no staff on site to answer questions.<\/p>\n Mission Neighborhood Center 3111 26th Street<\/p>\n Insituto Familiar De La Raza 2919 Mission Street<\/p>\n Dolores Street Community Services 938 Valencia<\/p>\n Arriba Juntos 1850 Mission Street<\/p>\n Arab Resource and Organizing Center 522 Valencia Street<\/p>\n St Francis of Assisi Community Dining Room 145 Guererro Street<\/p>\n Questionnaire Assistance Centers (QACs)<\/strong><\/p>\n 30th Street Senior Center \t225 30th St \t(415) 550-2237<\/p>\n Bernal Heights Neighborhood Center \t515 Cortland Ave \t(415) 206-2140<\/p>\n Central American Resource Center \t3101 Mission St \t(415) 642-4400<\/p>\n CCSF – Mission Campus \t1125 Valencia St \t(415) 920-6001<\/p>\n Garfield Pool and Park \t1271 Treat Street \t(415) 609-9652<\/p>\n Good Samaritan Family Resource \t1294 Potrero Ave \t(415) 401-4235<\/p>\n Iglesia Santa Maria Y Santa Marta \t1050 S Van Ness Ave\t(415) 647-2717<\/p>\n Mission Economic Development Agency \t3505 20th St<\/p>\n Mission Language Vocational School \t2929 19th St\t(415) 648-5220<\/p>\n Mission Neighborhood Center \t362 Capp St \t(415) 206-7747<\/p>\n One Stop Center SF (Career Link) \t3120 Mission St \t(415) 206-0460<\/p>\n Potrero Hill Family Resource Center \t85 Turner Terrace \t(415) 752-4444<\/p>\n San Francisco Day Labor Program \t3358 Cesar Chavez<\/p>\n St. Peter\u2019s Catholic Church \t1200 Florida St\t(415) 282-1176<\/p>\n Mission Neighborhood Health Center \t240 Shotwell St<\/p>\n Centro Latino Community Center \t1656 15th Street<\/p>\n Mission Hiring Hall \t3042 16th Street<\/p>\n Centro del Pueblo\t 474 Valencia St<\/p>\n Career Link Center \t3120 Mission St<\/p>\n Bethel Christian Church \t1325 Valencia Street<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" 1. Your census information is confidential. Census workers are legally bound to federal confidentiality laws. Census workers can face $250,000 in fines and\/or five years in prison if they violate the confidentiality laws. 2. The Census Bureau cannot share your personal information with any other local, state or federal agency. The Census Bureau provides general […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"newspack_popups_has_disabled_popups":false,"newspack_featured_image_position":"","newspack_post_subtitle":"","newspack_article_summary_title":"Overview:","newspack_article_summary":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":false,"newspack_show_updated_date":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[99],"coauthors":[18468],"class_list":["post-1027","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-census-2010","entry"],"yoast_head":"\n