>> NEWS 6 IS BREAKING DOWN JUST HOW VITAL THE 2020 CENSUS IS TO YOU AND YOUR FAMILY.
>> RIGHT NOW PEOPLE IN YOUR
COMMUNITY ARE WORKING HARD TO
MAKE SURE EVERYBODY GETS
COUNTED.
DURING THE 2010 CENSUS, SEVERAL
CENTRAL FLORIDA COMMUNITIES AND
COMMUNITY PROGRAMS LOST OUT ON
MORE THAN $1 BILLION IN FEDERAL
FUNDING.
>> NEWS 6 INVESTIGATOR ADRIANA
IWASINSKI SHOWS US WHICH AREAS
LOST THE MOST AND WHICH WILL
GET SOME EXTRA ATTENTION THIS
YEAR.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
FLORIDA GAVE US ACCESS TO THIS
MAP OF HOT ZONES SHOWING SOME
OF THE HARDEST HIT AREAS IN
ONE OF THE HOT ZONES WAS RIGHT
UP THERE IN PINE HILLS WHICH
LOST OUT ON MILLIONS IN FEDERAL
FUNDING.
SO WE WANTED TO KNOW WHAT THE
COMMUNITY THOUGHT SO WE WENT
THERE TO TALK TO SOME PEOPLE
ABOUT THE IMPACT.
>> I WATCH TOO MUCH TV.
YOU KNOW I WATCH TOO MUCH TV.
>> OVER IT HERE ACTION SALON IN
PINE HILLS, CHRISTINE KNOWS
JUST HOW IMPORTANT FEDERAL
DOLLARS ARE TO HER COMMUNITY.
>> WE NEEDED ESPECIALLY WHEN IT
COMES TO ROADS AND POTHOLES
BECAUSE I JUST HAD TO REPLACE A
TIRE SO I KNOW HOW IT IS.
>> WHICH SHE ADMITS SHE CANNOT
REMEMBER IF SHE FILLED OUT THE
CENSUS BACK IN 2010.
>> I’M NOT GOING TO LIE, I DO
NOT REMEMBER.
I REALLY DON’T.
>> ONCE WE TOLD CHRISTINE AND
HER CLIENTS ABOUT ALL OF THE
MONEY THERE COMMUNITY COULD
GAIN JUST BY FILLING OUT THE
FORM, THEY STARTED GETTING
EXCITED JUST THINKING ABOUT ALL
THE OPPORTUNITIES.
>> WE WANT BETTER IN STORE
SPEAK A BETTER QUALITY STUFF.
>> THAT IS BECAUSE THE CENSUS
DETERMINES THINGS THAT WERE TO
PUT IN THE NEXT PUBLIX OR
STARBUCKS WHERE TO BUILD NEW
HOUSES AND APARTMENTS IN
SCHOOLS.
THE CENSUS ALSO DETERMINES
EXACTLY HOW MUCH FEDERAL MONEY
AN AREA CAN GET FOR CERTAIN
COMMUNITY PROGRAMS, LIKE
HEADSTART.
>> I THOUGHT ABOUT TAKING THAT
ROAD.
>> HE IS PINE HILLS PARENT AND
HE SAID THIS PROGRAM HELP THEM
AS A KID AND IT’S NOW GETTING
RESULTS FOR HIS DAUGHTE.
>> I DO NOT BELIEVE COMMUNITY,
CITY A CAN SURVIVE WITHOUT
PROGRAMS LIKE HEADSTART.
I CARE ABOUT THE CENTER.
I CARE ABOUT THE 200 KIDS THAT
ARE HERE.
I CARE ABOUT MY BABY GIRL THAT
IS HERE.
I WANT HER TO HAVE BETTER THAN
I HAD.
>> PROGRAM DIRECTOR JACKSON
SAYS EVERY FEDERAL DOLLAR THEY
RECEIVE IS A DIFFERENCE IN THE
LIFE OF A CHILD.
THE MORE DOLLARS THEY RECEIVE,
THE MORE CHILDREN THEY CAN
SERVE.
RIGHT NOW THEY SERVE 200 KIDS
AND THAT IS WHY SHE IS AT THE
CENTER HERE LOST OUT ON
MILLIONS BECAUSE NOT EVERYONE
GOT COUNTED IN THE LAST CENSUS.
>> THERE ARE SO MANY THINGS WE
COULD HAVE DONE WITH THAT
FUNDING AND SO MANY MORE
FAMILIES WE COULD HAVE REACHED
AND SO MANY MORE LIVES WE COULD
TOUCH.
>> WE HAVE A MONTHLY CHECK IN
WITH THEM.
>> BERNIE CLARK IS WITH FLORIDA
COUNTS.
THE GROUP WORKING WITH
COMMUNITY GROUPS TO ENCOURAGE
PEOPLE TO FILL OUT THE SEVEN
QUESTIONS CENSUS THAT WILL BE
MAKING ITS WAY TO PEOPLE’S
HOMES STARTING IN MARCH.
>> WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO
RECEIVE $44 BILLION IN FUNDING
TO THE STATE OF FLORIDA.
TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE SOCIAL
PROGRAMS THAT I THINK ARE
NEEDED SO DESPERATELY IN THE
STATE.
>> CLARK SAYS THOSE WHO FAIL TO
FILL OUT THE CENSUS ARE ONLY
HURTING THEMSELVES.
THAT IS WHY CHRISTINE SAYS SHE
WILL BE MAKING SURE ALL THE
PEOPLE WHO COME INTO HER BEAUTY
SHOP FILL OUT THE FORM AND SO
WILL SHE.
DEFINITELY FILL IT OUT.
>> HOMES ACROSS CENTRAL FLORIDA
WILL BEGIN GETTING INVITATIONS
TO COMPLETE THE CENSUS IN
MID-MARCH.
IT WILL BE A MAILING SO DO NOT
THROW IT OUT.
IT IS NOT JUNK MAIL.
IN RESPONSE TO THE CENSUS
ONLINE.
THIS 100 PERCENT ONLINE THIS
TIME.
YOU CAN ALSO FILL IT UP BY
PHONE OR THE OLD-FASHIONED WAY
BY MAIL.
IN APRIL, CENSUS WORKERS WILL
BEGIN VISITING COLLEGE CAMPUSES
FOR STUDENT COUNT AS WELL AS
PEOPLE LIVING IN SENIOR
CENTERS.
THEN IN MAY, JUNE AND JULY,
CENSUS WORKERS WILL BEGIN
VISITING THOSE HARD TO COUNT
AREAS IN THOSE HOMES THAT DO
NOT SHOW RECORD OF FILING OR
FILLING OUT THE CENSUS.
I HAVE ALL OF THIS INFORMATION,
PLUS A LINK TO THE MAP OF HOT
ZONES I SHOWED YOU EARLIER THAT
YOU CAN CHECK OUT ON
CLICKORLANDO.com.
>> AND ALL HIS INFORMATION, HIS
INFLUENCE IS WHERE A PUBLIX OR
STARBUCKS WILL GO AS WELL AS
HOUSES AND APARTMENTS IN
SCHOOLS.
WE NEED TO FILL THIS OUT.
>> THE CENSUS IS SO IMPORTANT
BECAUSE IT FIGURES OUT
EVERYTHING.
HOW MUCH MONEY GOES INTO
COMMUNITY PROGRAMS, WHICH YOU
SEE IS SO IMPORTANT WITH THE
CHILDREN.
IF THEY THINK THERE IS ONLY,
LET’S TAKE A 1000 PEOPLE LIVING
IN THE COMMUNITY.
THEY WERE ONLY FUNDED FOR 1000.
IF YOU HAVE 2000 PEOPLE LIVING
IN A SMALL SECTION, YOU JUST
SHORTCHANGED THE CHILDREN THAT
MIGHT’VE BEEN GETTING SOME HELP
BY 50 PERCENT.
>> WITH SO MUCH TECHNOLOGY I
WOULD THINK WE COULD GET PAST
THAT ENOUGH PEOPLE FILL OUT
THIS FORM.
I HOPE WE CAN AND SOME I COME
UP WITH THIS.
>> A LOT OF THESE AREAS -- YOU
GROWN SO MUCH.
INCORPORATED ABOUT IT.
WE HAVE A THOUSAND PEOPLE
MOVING EVERY WEEK TO CENTRAL
FLORIDA ALONE.
THAT IS WHY THIS CENSUS MEANS
SO MUCH AHAT IS WHY
DISCOUNT MEANS SO MUCH.
SO THEY WILL HAVE A LOT OF
COMMUNITY GROUPS GOING OUT AND
YOU WILL HEAR PASTORS TALKING
ABOUT IT AND TEACHERS TALKING
ABOUT IT YOU WILL BE HEARING US
TALK ABOUT IT BECAUSE EVERY