March 2010 is the month when the Census will contact each home via mail and ask 10 questions regarding each household. The Census is conducted every 10 years, 2010 and has 10 questions to ask; therefore 10-10-10.
Please respond by mail to the census!
If you do not respond census takers will come to your home in hopes of getting the necessary information in April. The census is critical for collecting pertinent demographic information that allows for funding for schools, hospitals, fire stations, etc.
Federal law protects your identity and the answers you give:
Title 13 of the U.S. Code protects the confidentiality of all your information and violating this law is a crime with severe penalties. In addition, other federal laws, including the Confidential Statistical Efficiency Act and the Privacy Act reinforce these protections.
Key dates:
- March 2010 - Census forms are mailed or delivered to households
- April 1st 2010 – National Census Day. Use this day as a point of reference for sending your completed forms back in the mail
- April – July 2010 – Census takers visit households that did not return a form by mail
- December 2010 – By law, the Census Bureau delivers population information to the President for apportionment
- March 2011 – By law, the Census Bureau completes delivery of redistricting data to states
For more information visit the 2010 Census website.
The shocking reality: Diabetes is the 5th largest killer disease and there is no cure. According to the American Diabetes Association (ADA), nearly 8% of the U.S. population (23.6 million people) have diabetes.
The most startling statistic is that about 5.7 million of those people who have diabetes are completely unaware of it and have not been diagnosed.
For more information on what you can do please visit the Diabetes.org website.
By Eamon Javers, Business Week
States and municipalities are responding in wildly different ways to undocumented workers. Gustavo Torres is a popular guy these days. As he walks into the storefront worker center he runs, the Hispanic men and women who fill the waiting room wave and call out “buenos días.” Torres’ nonprofit has been hired by Montgomery County, Md., to provide employment services to these immigrants, about 60% of whom are in the country illegally.
The county pays Torres’ group, casa of Maryland Inc., about $700,000 a year to provide hiring halls, English language classes, and legal help in employment disputes. What’s more, the county doesn’t care what the federal government thinks of its welcoming attitude. “The local government says they are not going to cooperate with [U.S.] Immigration & Customs Enforcement,” says Torres.
It’s a different world just three hours away in Hazelton, Pa. The local government there is trying to push through ordinances meant to drive illegal immigrants out of town and punish employers who hire them. “Illegal immigration is destroying the quality of life,” says Hazelton Mayor Louis J. Barletta.
This stark contrast is repeated again and again across the country, confounding businesses with local rules designed to deal with an undocumented population estimated at 12 million nationwide. The federal government’s often haphazard enforcement of immigration laws and the absence of a comprehensive immigration policy only adds to the confusion. “This is like a Bermuda Triangle,” says Di Ann Sanchez, vice-president of human resources at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport in Texas.
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March 2010 is the month when the Census will contact each home via mail and ask 10 questions regarding each household. The Census is conducted every 10 years, 2010 and has 10 questions to ask; therefore 10-10-10.
