Asian Journal- The Filipino-American Community Newspaper

Filipinos were overwhelmingly undercounted in the last census in 2000 and that has negatively impacted the amount of money community groups helping Filipinos have received, said Tessie Plata of the Census Bureau in Los Angeles.

"Do not take the importance of the Census for granted," said Plata. "This is where the fair share of funding for the community comes from. Without this money, the Federal government will only give a certain amount of money to help our community."

The United States Constitution requires the federal government to count the nation’s population every ten years. The information gathered determines how many representatives will speak for a County or City in Washington, DC and state, as well as the City’s share of most federal and state funding programs. Programs and facilities affected by the census count include funding for schools, roads, hospitals, child-care and senior centers, among many other projects.

"We don’t know where we’re going if we don’t know who we are," said Council President Garcetti during a press conference in Los Angeles City Hall. "And the Census is not only mandated every ten years, it has been a tradition in this country since 1790, something that we do to ensure we know who America is."

With the 2010 census only a year away, Census officials are getting a jump on the matter to ensure an accurate and complete count of the number of people residing in the US.

During the past week, politicians have been addressing their residents to take part of the Census, and Census Bureau officials were on the ground fl oor canvassing neighborhoods to verify addresses.

The Address Canvassing project is trying to verify more 145 million addresses nationwide.

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