Community-Based Agency Toolkit

Table of Contents

Plan Your Outreach Strategy

1. Dates you Need to Know – Timeline and Sample Outreach Strategies
2. Helpful Websites
3. Hard to Count Maps
4. Sample 2010 Outreach Timeline

Engage Other Agencies and Community Stakeholders

5. Presentation to Engage Community-Based Agencies
6. Flyer to Engage Community-Based Agencies in Census Outreach

Resources for Your Staff
7. Tip sheet for Information and Assistance Calls – new
8. How to Answer Census Questions tip sheet - new
9. FAQ - 2010 Census Frequently Asked Questions
10. Sample Census Event
11. Sample Census Questionnaires - English, Bi-lingual & Page One Only
12. Census Language Resources
13. Guidance for Counting Snowbirds - new
14. Talking points - Preparing for a Visit from a Census Taker – new

Web Content
15. Sample Website Copy
16. Census Web Banners and Buttons

Outreach Materials (for Consumers or Community Stakeholders)
17. Drop In Slides for Outreach Presentations to Older Adults
18. 10 Questions 10 Minutes Flyer targeted to Older People and Retirees
19. Flyer – The 2010 Census Our Key to a Stronger Community
20. Flyer – Seniors
21. How People are Counted Brochure
22. Business Card Sized Numbers to Call for Help with Census Forms
23. Table Tents with Census FAQs - Tent 1, Tent 2, Tent 3, Tent 4,
Tent 5, Tent 6
24. Flyer - Dora the Explorer for Grandparents Raising Grandchildren - new

For more information, please contact AgeOptions at (708)383-0258 (Voice) or (708)524-1653 (TTY).

Toolkit materials were created by the U.S. Census Bureau, the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights, NonProfits Count, the National Urban League and AgeOptions.

Funds for these materials were provided through a grant award
from the Illinois Census Funders Initiative to AgeOptions for program coordination.