By The Daytona Times
Volusia County Government and community partners will kick off a 2020 Census awareness campaign at 5:30 p.m. Aug. 28, at the Emergency Operations Center, 3825 Tiger Bay Road, Daytona Beach.
Individuals and representatives from cities, businesses, social service agencies and faith-based organizations are invited to attend and learn how they can help spread the word about the importance of completing census forms.
Chaired by Volusia County Council members Barbara Girtman and Billie Wheeler, the committee will include nine subcommittees representing local governments, businesses, colleges and universities, community organizations, early learning, faithbased organizations, housing, farmworkers/agriculture, and senior citizens.
April 1 completion deadline
Data collected by the 2020 Census will affect how more than $675 billion in federal funds will be distributed to state, local and tribal governments each year.
It also will be used to draw state legislative districts and determine the number of seats each state has in the House of Representatives.
In mid-March, every household in the U.S. will receive an invitation to participate in the census. For the first time, they will have the option of responding online, by phone or by mail.
Residents are required by law to complete and return the forms by April 1. The Census 2020 form will ask for name, age, gender, race, date of birth, relationship to the head of the household, and whether the respondents own or rent their home. It will not include a citizenship question.
For more information, visit www.volusia.org/census or call Brian Rothwell at 386-736-5920, ext. 12717.
This article originally appeared in the Daytona Times.
