Slides with Meeting Notes from

Native Census CoalitionWeekly Meeting

Friday, June 12, 2020

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Agenda

▪ Welcome & Introductions

▪ Updates

▪ Executive Director

▪ Tribal Partnership Specialist(s), USCB

▪ Urban Coordinator

▪ Pueblo Coordinator

▪ Media/Communications Coordinator

▪ Announcements

▪ Next Meeting

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Welcome & Introductions

▪ Name

▪ Tribe or Organization

▪ What was your high school mascot?

▪ A success this week

▪ A challenge this week

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Executive Director Update

NM TRIBAL WI-FI HOTSPOT PROGRAM

NAVA Education Project in partnership with SFIS & ITDRC want to provide Tribalcommunities with FREE Wi-Fi Hotspots to extend existing networks to a widerrange to allow more community members to access the internet.

INCREASED ACCESS BENEFITS COMMUNITY TRIBE & MEMBERS

❖ CENSUS – respond easily online to ensure a complete and accurate count❖ Absentee Ballot registration, Tele-education, language programs, SNAP❖ Contactless Tele-health, small business, unemployment, support services

Fill out the online application or email the paper version by June 15th Deadlinehttps://www.navaeducationproject.org/covd19-hotspot-application

For more information call: 505-246-1819 Email: Ahtza@NAVAEducationProject.org

Or Visit: www.navaeducationproject.org (click on pic) →

• Hand sanitizer available

• 40 bottles for each community

• Contact Ahtza or Charlotte to arrange delivery/pick up

Ahtza: Ahtza@NAVAEducationProject.org

Charlotte: nmnative@censuscoalition.org

• Masks

• Design completed

• 500 to be distributed next week

• Will begin with tribes where Update Leave is starting

• Urging all to spend 2019 funds

• Not likely that State Legislature will approve extension of Census outreach funds

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Tribal Partnership Specialists

Census Bureau Updates

• Northern Pueblo & Jicarilla Apache – Kenny Pin, TPS

• Nambe – 2 Census workers hire

• Ohkay Owingeh – Opening June 15

• Tesuque – Open but no date for UL

• Taos – New CB supervisor, Cameron Martinez

• Jicarilla Apache – Closed through July 26

• New COVID 19 Cases identified

• Southern Pueblos, Amber Carrillo, TPS

• Isleta – UL begins 6/15

• Zuni – 13 tribal members hired, date to be set

• Mescalero Apache

• No report

• Navajo, Arbin Mitchell (by email)

• CCC Team attending Navajo Virtual Town Hall meeting today

• UL resumed June 11 – through July 9

• Tribal Update Leave Schedule (attached) - As of June 12

• Message to Tribal Leaders

• Census packages will be dropped off at each home

• Census worker(s) will not have contact with people in home

• Masks and hand sanitizer provided to each employee

• If request for gloves is made, CB will provide

• Virtual Phone banking

• Tribal Partnership Specialists will update all as UL dates are scheduled

• TPS supports phone banks

• Conduct after Census packets are dropped

• Gives people time to review packet, discuss with people in the home, and respond

• They will share same message with their colleagues

• Tribal Partnership Specialists now allowed to travel

• Available to assist with deliveries

• Have water bottles, bags and other promotional items

• Contact your TPS (Kenny, Amber, Kendra, Arbin)

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Urban Coordinator Update

▪ Response Rates

▪ Tracking results

▪ https://2020census.gov/en/response-rates.html▪ My Tribal Area

▪ Demographic info on Tribal Communities

▪ https://www.census.gov/tribal/?sec_ak_reference=18.7fb21bb8.1580179128.13a48c9d

▪ Request for Community Based Organizations

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Pueblo Coordinator Update

▪ Update Leave in Tribal Communities

▪ Continue message: Look for Census package and respond to Census using 12-digit ID; even if previously completed without code

▪ Status Report (see slide 9)

▪ Address issue at Santa Clara

▪ Packet has incorrect home address; but has 12-digit ID

▪ Barcode will confirm package belongs to home

▪ Address can be corrected online, by phone or on paper

▪ Strategy at Santo Domingo

▪ Tribal Administration strongly supports completion of Census form

▪ Financial distribution to households (residents only) when completed form is completed

▪ 2020 Census Outreach Funds

▪ Financial reports for both Round 1 and 2 due to IAD June 10

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Media/Communications Coordinator Update

▪ Prep for Update Leave

▪ Census Swag Purchases

▪ https://nmnativecensus.org/census-swag/

▪ W-9s for each vendor are available

▪ Tewa video completed

▪ Available on Facebook

▪ Will make available on website for those without FB

▪ Zuni video being finalized

▪ Plans being made to run video on TV screen at tribal building

• Resources page from our website:

https://nmnativecensus.org/resources/

• Video gallery from our website:

https://nmnativecensus.org/our-media/video-

gallery/

• Sign up for our newsletter: Sign Up Here

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Announcements▪ VAN and Virtual Phone Banking Training will be

scheduled

▪ Agreements with IAD require attendance by each Pueblo and Tribe

▪ Job Openings

▪ US Census Bureau continues to hire for Non-Response Follow Up (NRFU) operation

▪ https://2020census.gov/en/jobs.html

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Next Coalition Meeting

Friday, June 12

10:30 am – 11:45 am