Cali Gets Boo$t From Endowment
California’s assignment of counting all of its citizens just became a wee bit easier. Thanks to the California Endowment, an additional $4 million has been added to the pot of the shortfall-stricken state:
LOS ANGELES – (Business Wire) To ensure that every Californian is counted in the 2010 U.S. Census, the governmental’s largest, private health foundation today announced that it will make $4 million in grants towards a statewide race that will promote the importance of participating in the Census, particularly in the large number of “hard to count” communities throughout the say.
“Hard to count” populations are among California’s most vulnerable residents – low-income communities and communities of color.
The federal supervision makes funding allocations based on population counts from the Census, and for every resident not counted, the state will shake off an estimated $11,500 in federal funding over the course of 10 years according to 2009 data from the Brookings Routine.
“At a time when the state is facing declining revenues, it is critical to the people of California that we ensure every resident is counted so we don’t evade out on federal funding essential to the health and well-being of all Californians,” said Robert K. Ross, M.D., president and CEO of The California Present.
“If 10 percent of California’s population of 37 million is not counted, the state stands to lose $42.4 billion in federal funding over the next decade,” Ross added.
About one-third of that funding is as soon as tied to health services, while all of the funding is tied to individual and family well-being which, in turn, is a significant component of fettle status.
California is home to 10 of the 50 counties in the nation that have been identified as being the hardest to count: Los Angeles, San Diego, Orange, San Bernardino, Fresno, Riverside, Alameda, Sacramento, Kern and San Francisco. These counties are family to large populations that have been historically underrepresented in the Census, including immigrants, people of color, low-income communities, georgic areas and those who live in multi-family housing.
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