There shall be a temporary committee known as the "Complete
Count Committee" ("CCC"), intended to increase awareness and motivate
residents to respond to the 2020 census, which is a count mandated
by our Constitution that takes place every 10 years. This CCC shall
serve as a local "census ambassador" group and will play an integral
part in ensuring participation of underrepresented populations as
well as a complete and accurate count of the community in the 2020
census. An accurate census count is critically important to our future
because it:
A. Determines
the number of seats each state has in the U.S. House of Representatives;
B. Defines
congressional and state legislative districts, school districts, and
voting precincts;
C. Determines
the annual allocation of $675,000,000,000 in federal funding;
D. Determined
that Connecticut received $10,726,609,429 in FY 2016 in federal funding
guided by the 2010 census and failure to accurately count a person
would cost our state $2,900 per person per year;
E. Determines
Connecticut’s funding for Medicaid, SNAP, Highway Planning,
Section 8 Housing, special education grants, S-CHIP, Title I grants,
National School Lunch Program, WIC, Head Start, Foster Care, and Health
Center programs;
F. Provides
insight to governments, business, and community planning groups for
planning purposes; and
G. Provides
population benchmarks for nearly every other United States survey.
The CCC shall consist of not fewer than 11 nor more than 15 members. The members shall be appointed by the Mayor and confirmed by the Common Council. The CCC shall terminate upon completion of its duties as more fully set forth in §
14-56. The CCC shall elect a Chairperson at the first meeting of the new Committee.