how is it going -- 2010 Census and farmworkers?

[Guest guest]

Folks,

I am trying to find out how things

are going around the country with our efforts trying to get farmworkers

included in the 2010 Census.

·

Are farmworkers

completing Census forms?

·

Are the forms getting

to them?

·

Did the Census Bureau

reach labor camps, unusual living sites (e.g., cars, under bridges, etc.) and

other places farmworkers reside during their three days of enumerating “unusual

places” March 29-31?

·

Are there language

problems between Census enumerators and farmworkers?

·

Are indigenous

farmworkers being reached?

·

If you have a Census

Questionnaire Assistance Center in your health clinic or other area in your

community, how is that working out?

·

Any other issues?

I would be grateful if people

would comment to the listserv or to me personally at las@.... I am particularly interested

in what is going on in the Northwest, as I can promise to forward your comments

on to regional Census staff here.

Thanks.

Alice

Alice C. Larson, Ph.D.

Larson Assistance Services

P.O. Box 801

Vashon Island, WA 98070

206.463.9000 (voice)

206.463.9400 (fax)

las@...

[Guest guest]

Alice, there is an on-line newsletter in the lower Rio Grande

Valley, the Rio Grande Guardian. I recommend to review it to see the problems

going on here for people who live in colonias, as do many farmworkers. Public

officials and letters to the editor provide lots of information about weird goings-on

by the Census Bureau. I have sought to have input from time to time over the

years (here and elsewhere) but pretty much get ignored.

Ann

Ann V. Millard, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

Texas A & M School of Rural Public Health

Mc Campus

2101 South McColl Road

Mc, TX 78503-1489

956 668-6320

Fax, 956 668-6302 or -6301

Cell, 956 648-0541

avmillard@... or

avmillard@...

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Larson

Sent: Tuesday, April 06, 2010 1:55 AM

Subject: [ ] how is it going -- 2010 Census and

farmworkers?

Folks,

I am trying to find out how things are going around the

country with our efforts trying to get farmworkers included in the 2010

Census.

· Are farmworkers completing Census forms?

· Are the forms getting to them?

· Did the Census Bureau reach labor camps, unusual living

sites (e.g., cars, under bridges, etc.) and other places farmworkers reside

during their three days of enumerating “unusual places” March 29-31?

· Are there language problems between Census enumerators and

farmworkers?

· Are indigenous farmworkers being reached?

· If you have a Census Questionnaire Assistance Center in

your health clinic or other area in your community, how is that working out?

· Any other issues?

I would be grateful if people would comment to the listserv

or to me personally at las@....

I am particularly interested in what is going on in the Northwest, as I can

promise to forward your comments on to regional Census staff here.

Thanks.

Alice

Alice C. Larson, Ph.D.

Larson Assistance Services

P.O. Box 801

Vashon Island, WA 98070

206.463.9000 (voice)

206.463.9400 (fax)

las@...