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12/04/2020

06/10/2020

Attention artists, writers, musicians and generally creative folk of Taos!!! Share you art, win prizes, help your community , and make sure we have the resources to make this next decade a great one for Taos County!

06/07/2020

Many folks have been wondering why the Census has been on hold, or why our response rates have looked so different in our north central counties (Taos, Rio Arriba and Mora, as well as our tribal areas. This article explains why and what is at stake. As usual, our rural communities are just structurally different than the rest of the country. Only 4% of the nation is dealing with the structural differences we face during the 2020 Census.

Advocates worry pandemic will increase risk of undercounting

06/06/2020

Attention Taos - your packet is on the way! It will be SAFELY dropped off, without human contact, on your doorstep or delivered to you in the mail! Keep your eyes peeled as this packet contains your Census ID, which is needed to respond to the . When you receive it, please respond SAFELY online, by phone, or by mail. Please get counted as soon because our community is depending on you!

04/14/2020

“The global economy could contract by 3% in 2020 because of the coronavirus pandemic, the International Monetary Fund said on Tuesday, a far more severe downturn than the last recession when output fell by less than 1% between 2008 and 2009.”

The global economy is expected to contract by 3 percent this year as quarantines and lockdowns cripple output.

04/02/2020

Taos County was already among the hardest to count areas in the entire country. And then Covid 19 hit and completely crippled the Census outreach efforts. 96% of households nationwide have received their Census forms, compared to 21% of Taos County. And it’s going to stay that way until it’s safe for the Census Bureau staff to get on the ground. Without those packets many people don’t know how to respond or are unaware the Census is underway. Currently 41% of the U.S. has responded to the Census, and only 8.7% of Taos County.

By Doug [email protected] date (March 31), only 4.5 percent of Taos County residents have submitted their census 2020 response - among the five lowest responses in a state that is …

03/06/2020

The #2020 Census begins in less than a week! On March 12th the 2020 Census hotline and website will be live and we can start responding. Not long after we will receive mail-in versions of the Census questionnaire in the mail or at our doorstep delivered by a Census worker. The Census questionnaire takes just 10 minutes to fill out, and doing so will ensure our community gets the resources we need over the coming decade.

02/28/2020

The 2020 Census begins in just two weeks and it is very important we all get counted. Every person not counted in the Census means New Mexico looses federal funding for programs we need - funding for work on our highways, funding for our schools, funding for our health and social services, funding for rural development programs, and funding for so, so many other programs that affect our lives on a daily basis. GET COUNTED TAOS!

The 2020 Census begins in just two weeks and it is very important we all get counted. Every person not counted in the Census means New Mexico looses federal funding for programs we need - funding for work on our highways, funding for our schools, funding for our health and social services, funding for rural development programs, and funding for so, so many other programs that affect our lives on a daily basis. GET COUNTED TAOS!

11/08/2019

What does the mean for Taos County?

If there is a 1% undercount, Taos County will lose $9.7 million dollars over 10 years.

New Mexico receives over $7.8 billion each year through census-informed federal programs which benefit the entire community by providing per capita funds for health care programs like Medicaid, Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program (SNAP), National School Lunch Program, highways, education grants, housing vouchers, and more.

To learn more visit https://bit.ly/2ZY4z4V and make sure you participate in the ! New Mexico Counties -County-1446861448968595

What does the mean for Taos County?

If there is a 1% undercount, Taos County will lose $9.7 million dollars over 10 years.

New Mexico receives over $7.8 billion each year through census-informed federal programs which benefit the entire community by providing per capita funds for health care programs like Medicaid, Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program (SNAP), National School Lunch Program, highways, education grants, housing vouchers, and more.

To learn more visit https://bit.ly/2ZY4z4V and make sure you participate in the ! New Mexico Counties -County-1446861448968595