By Nelson A. King
With the aim of ensuring
that every Brooklynite counts
in Census 2020, Brooklyn Borough
President Eric Adams has
announced new funding for nonprofit
organizations.
“We are pleased to announce
that we are partnering with
Brooklyn Borough President Eric
Adams to distribute New York
State funding for Census 2020
outreach in hard-to-count communities,”
said Pastor Gilford
Monrose, the St. Thomas-born
director, Faith-Based & Clergy
Initiatives, Office of Brooklyn
Borough President, in a statement
on Thursday.
Pastor Monrose disclosed that
a minimum of $738,000 has
been allocated by the State for
Kings County nonprofits.
He said The Brooklyn Get Out
the Count Grants program will
provide grants from $5,000 to
$50,000.
Monrose said that Brooklyn
nonprofits serving hard-to-count
populations can apply for the
grants, with a deadline of Friday,
Feb. 14 at 11:59 pm., at bcfny.org/
CensusRFP.
“Please note that all interested
nonprofits must first complete
the New York State pre-qualification
Caribbean L 14 ife, February 7-13, 2020
process before applying to
the Brooklyn Get Out the Count
Grants program,” he said.
At the same time, Adams
has been urging Brooklynites
to attend 2020 Census job fairs,
with the last one slated for Feb. 5
at Brooklyn Borough Hall.
Adams said the fairs are part
of his #MakeBrooklynCount
Initiative, a collaboration with
the US Census Office and local
community-based organizations
“to ensure Brooklyn is accurately
counted in the upcoming 2020
Census.”
According to Pastor Monrose,
the job fairs “provide information
to those interested in becoming a
census worker.”
He said benefits include “a
flexible work schedule, good
weekly pay, and paid training.”
In 2018, Adams partnered with
the Brooklyn Community Foundation
to launch the Brooklyn
Complete Count Committee, an
alliance of organizations whose
collective aim is to increase representation
in the 2020 Census
among traditionally undercounted
communities, such as the elderly,
low-income, undocumented
and young individuals, as well as
those whose first language is not
English, Pastor Monrose said.
He also said the Faith-based
Sub-Committee is looking for
faith leaders and whose committee
is responsible for creating
and coordinating activities
and materials that can be used
by faith-based institutions in
the borough “to promote 2020
Census awareness and participation.”
In early January, more than
160 community partners joined
Mayor Bill de Blasio and City
Council Speaker Corey Johnson
in kicking off NYC Census 2020
Complete Count Campaign.
Deputy Mayor for Strategic
Policy Initiatives J. Phillip
Thompson, NYC Census 2020
Director Julie Menin, Council
Members Carlos Menchaca and
Brooklyn Borough President, Eric Adams.
Photo by Stefano Giovannini
Carlina Rivera, City University
of New York (CUNY) Executive
Vice Chancellor and University
Provost José Luis Cruz, and
hundreds of advocates, service
providers, representatives from
labor and major civic institutions,
and city officials joined in
the launch of what was described
as “the nation’s largest and most
diverse coordinated municipal
campaign to achieve a complete
and accurate count in the 2020
Census.”
Adams announces new
funding for Census 2020
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