BROOKHAVEN, Ga. — If you live in the city of Brookhaven, there’s a pretty good chance you may get a visit from a U.S. Census taker beginning next week. With a less than 60% response rate, the city is trying to increase response from residents.
“It is vital to all of us that every household participate in the census, and include every household member, especially children. We must ensure that Brookhaven has its fair share of funding by having an accurate and complete count of all our residents,” Brookhaven Mayor John Ernst said. “The coronavirus pandemic has shown us the great importance of proper funding for health care, emergency services, and economic relief programs. Almost every penny of the funding for these necessary services and programs are based on census data.”
Workers will be going door-to-door Aug. 11th through September, focusing on households they’ve not gotten a response from either via phone, mail or online.
Census takers are hoping to interview a household member, gathering all the needed information to complete the census, such as name, age, sex, race, and ethnicity of everyone living at the location. Federal law mandates that all information remain confidential.
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The Census Bureau is encouraging anyone not wanting the knock on their door to fill out the questionnaire on the bureau website or call them at 884-330-2020 seven days a week, between 7 a.m and 2 a.m.
All census takers are locally hired, have completed all aspects of COVID-19 training and safety before they enter any neighborhoods according to the Census Bureau. In addition, the will be wearing PPE Equipment including masks.
The bureau adds all employees will have an ID badge with their name and photograph and bureau marked equipment.
Brookhaven says the field teams will work between the hours of 9 a.m and 9 p.m each day they are in the city.
To learn more about the census and its impact on the Brookhaven community visit the city’s website.
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