Philly Counts 2020Complete Count Committee

Corporate and Philanthropy Subcommittee Launch

Thursday, July 25, 20198:30 AM - 9:30 AM

A Constitutional Requirement

14th Amendment requires

“counting the whole number of persons”

2020 U.S. Census Bureau Timeline

In-Field Address CanvassingAugust 2019 – October 2019

Group QuartersFebruary 2020 – July 2020

Census Day April 1, 2020

Internet Self Response

March 2020 – July 2020

Nonresponse Follow-up

April 2020 – July 2020

December 31, 2020 Deliver apportionment counts to

President

Philadelphia Low Response Map

In 2010, 73.1% of the county's households mailed back their 2010 census questionnaire, requiring more costly and difficult in-person follow up to enumerate the remaining 26.9%.

Based on the latest census estimates, approx. 54% of Philadelphia County's current population (or 851,037 people) lives in hard-to-count neighborhoods (These are census tracts where almost a quarter or more households did not mail back their census questionnaires in 2010.) Without higher self-response, more households in these and other neighborhoods in the state are at risk of being missed in the 2020 census.

New Challenges

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2020 Census Challenges

• Inadequate funding affecting census operations and implementation

• Delayed communications plan• Internet as primary response option• Reduced number of Census enumerators • Census staff hiring due to moving completely

online for hiring, training and oversight• Lack of trust in government

2010: $554,000 allocated to support community-based

organizations doing census related work in

Philadelphia

2020: $0 allocated to support community-based

organizations doing census related work

Decreased funding

Internet focused hiring and response processes

Ongoing RecruitmentMarch 2019 – January 2020

At-Home Internet Access

ListersSelection: July 2019

Training: August 2019

Group QuartersSelection: January 2020

Training: March 2020

Nonresponse Follow-upSelection: February 2020

Training: April 2020

Proposed Citizenship Question

• Numerous legal challenges• 6/27/2019: SCOTUS ruled that the citizenship question will

not be added to the 2020 Census form “for now.” • 7/16/2019: Judge Jesse Furman signed an order that

permanently blocks the current administration from including the citizenship question to the 2020 census, giving closure to the Supreme Court case in New York -THE CITIZENSHIP QUESTION WILL NOT BE ADDED TO THE 2020 CENSUS.

Historically low trust in Government

Data Confidentiality• Census responses are confidential. • All census data is protected by Federal law

(under Title 13 of the United States Code.)• The data collected is used for statistical

purposes only. • The information collected cannot be used

against you by any government agency or court.

What's At Stake For Philadelphia

Representation Funding

PA Funding Derived from Census Data55 Large Federal Spending Programs Guided by Decennial Census Data (FY16)

Total Federal Funding to PA for FY16: $39,179,047,733Source: The George Washington Institute of Public Policy

Cost of an Undercount● If undocumented immigrants in Philadelphia — estimated to number 50,000 —

decided not to respond to the census, that would translate to a loss of $1 billion in federal funding over 10 years.

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City of Philadelphia 2010 vs. 2020Census

2010Philly Counts

office launched September 2009

2 dedicated staff members

Census 2020

Philly Counts office launched

January 2019

10 dedicated staff members

Philly Counts 2020 Structure

Complete Count Committee

The Complete Count Committee guides and supports the efforts of Philly Counts 2020. The committee is chaired by the Mayor and represents many of Philadelphia’s special interest communities and hard to count populations.

Aging Immigrant & LEP

African American Interfaith

African & Caribbean Labor

Asian American Latino

Census Jobs LGBTQ+

Civic Engagement Municipal Departments

Corporate and Philanthropy Neighborhood Business

Children & Youth Nonprofit, Community & Civic

Higher Education People with Disabilities

Public Housing

Complete Count Committee Leadership

Honorary Co-Chair Councilmember Derek GreenPhiladelphia City Council Honorary Co-Chair Representative Mary Gay Scanlon

United States Congress

Honorary Co-Chair Representative Brendan BoyleUnited States Congress Honorary Co-Chair Representative Jason Dawkins

Pennsylvania House of Representatives

Honorary Co-Chair Representative Dwight EvansUnited States Congress Honorary Co-Chair Senator Christine Tartaglione

Pennsylvania Senate

Aging Chair Lydia Hernandez VelezMayor’s Commission on Aging Immigrant and LEP Chair Will Gonzalez

Ceiba

African American Chair Reverend Alyn WallerEnon Tabernacle Baptist Church Interfaith Chair Reverend Dr. Lorina Marshall-Blake

Vine Memorial Baptist Church

African and Caribbean Chair Voffee JabatehACANA Labor Chair Patrick Eiding

Philadelphia Council AFL-CIO

Asian American Chair Nancy Dung NguyenVietLead Latino Chair Reverend Bonnie Camarda

Salvation Army

Census Jobs Chair H. Patrick ClancyPhiladelphia Works LGBTQ+ Chair Greg DeShields

PHL Diversity

Civic Engagement Chair Erin CaseyPennsylvania Voice Municipal Chair Brian Abernathy

City of Philadelphia Office of the Managing Director

Corporate and Philanthropy Co-Chair

Daniel J. HilfertyIndependence Blue Cross

Nonprofit, Community and Civic Chair

Maria GonzalezHACE CDC

Corporate and Philanthropy Co-Chair

Sidney HargroPhilanthropy Network People with Disabilities Chair Thomas Earle

Liberty Resources, Inc.

Children and Youth Chair Dr. William HiteSchool District of Philadelphia Public Housing Kelvin Jeremiah

Philadelphia Housing Authority

Mayor James Kenney, Chair

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Philly Counts 2020Corporate and Philanthropy

Subcommittee

2010: $554,000 allocated to support community-based

organizations doing census related work

2020: $0 allocated to support community-based

organizations doing census related work

Decreased funding

Philly Counts 2020 Action Fund

The Philly Counts 2020 Action Fund is a partnership between the City of

Philadelphia and the Philanthropy Network of Greater Philadelphia. It was

created to support Philadelphia organizations in promoting a complete

and accurate count of all residents in the upcoming 2020 Census.

The fund will provide grants to nonprofit community-based organizations

with 501(c)(3) tax exempt status that agree to advance the work of the

2020 Census in neighborhoods that are identified to be at risk of being

undercounted.

Philly Counts 2020 Action Fund Principles

● Community Involvement and Empowerment: The Fund will undertake activities collaboratively with community based organizations. Grants will aim to develop the skills and capacity of the communities at risk of being undercounted in order to lay the groundwork for a complete count.

● Responsive Flexibility: The Fund is structured to allow for quick decisions and swift disbursement of funding to local organizations. This functionality puts donations to work quickly. It also enables us to pivot easily as we receive real-time information from our grantees regarding priorities.

Philly Counts 2020 Action Fund Sponsorship

$100,000 Census Champion

$50,000 Friend of a Fair Count

$25,000 Complete Count Sponsor

$10,000 Community ContributorPlease note, should you decide to contribute, your contribution neither advantages nor disadvantages you from pursuing contracting opportunities or in obtaining services or other

benefits from the City of Philadelphia. We expect that contributions to support Philly Counts 2020 Action Fund are for a public purpose and are made without the expectation of

private benefit or concern about adverse effect as a result. In addition, please note that City law requires transparency of solicitations made by a City official or employee to current or

prospective City professional services contractors, recipients of financial assistance or principal contractors or subcontractors for best value contracts. Therefore, if you seek or

already have either a professional services contract or a best value contract with the City, or seek or already receive financial assistance from the City, and in the prior two years any

City officer or employee directly solicited you or a representative of your organization for your contribution, you must disclose the name and title of the soliciting City officer or

employee, the date of the request, the amount/nature of the request, whether/when the request was fulfilled, and the amount/nature of your response (e.g., amount of contribution).

For more detailed information on the City’s disclosure/eligibility requirements, including mandatory deadlines for filing disclosures, please refer to https://secure.phila.gov/econtract/.

Other Ways to Support Philly Counts 2020

● Mobilize Your Employee Volunteer Councils ○ Host a Census Champion Training on September 17th

● In-Kind Contributions○ Advertising space at your business○ Printing and Marketing Materials○ Technology & Talent

Next Steps

Meeting Schedule:

Schedule meeting time between now and October 24 to discuss if and how your organization would like to engage with Philly Counts 2020 & Philly Counts 2020 Action Fund

Thursday, October 24, 2019 8:30 AM - 9:30 AM

Thursday, January 30, 2020 8:30 AM - 9:30 AM

Thursday, March 26, 2020 8:30 AM - 9:30 AM

Thursday, September 24, 2020 8:30 AM - 9:30 AM

Philly Counts 2020

Thank You!