SDC Annual Training Conference Minutes

April 9-11, 2018

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- o Minnesota: non-profits are helping prep people for tests to be Census workers, o Minnesota: non-profits are helping prep people for tests to be Census workers, so Census hires local folks. They look and speak like people from the neighborhoods.
- o How will Census move forward to hire qualified locals o How will Census move forward to hire qualified locals
- § Partnership Specialists starting in 5-6 months – will be looking to them to help with recruitment
- o do you feel prepared with regional office and field staff o do you feel prepared with regional office and field staff
- § Suzan: No. Roles aren’t clearly defined yet.
- § Lakiva: CCC documentation in approval process
- o V.: Multi-media materials were available from 2010. Will these be available again? o V.: Multi-media materials were available from 2010. Will these be available again?
- § They will be available as soon as creative team finishes. They will be standard and customizable. Hoping to have materials – tag line, etc. by January 2019.
- o have other states had partnership specialists train CCCs? o have other states had partnership specialists train CCCs?
- § Liz: Louis Costello from LA regional office did presentation for Alaska to get information to get Governor’s office to make decision
- o Office structure is different than last time – lack of communication or o Office structure is different than last time – lack of communication or reluctance. Hard for state partners to know what is going on – when the regions are not informing states when they are meeting with HEOs.
- o V.: Look for message from 2020 workgroup, and please contribute. o V.: Look for message from 2020 workgroup, and please contribute.
- o SDCs have not been through a decennial census. Are there major questions that o SDCs have not been through a decennial census. Are there major questions that states have? The steering committee wants to put up pointers or webinars for states.
- § Washington: Online resources – tool that we reviewed today
- § Minnesota: has posted some tools to the clearinghouse – PowerPoint
- o State CCC not formed yet. Has any state had Census training CCCs? Do they have o State CCC not formed yet. Has any state had Census training CCCs? Do they have a timeline for training?
- § Ask Sydnee (Day 2)

####### Meeting adjourned 5pm

###### DAY 2

####### Census Information Centers (CIC) Overview

Melanie Poulter, CIC Steering Committee Chairperson (presentation – see handout)

- • Community based organizations. Many have national activities and services, not state-based
- o 2018, 52 organizations – local community based and national non-profits o 2018, 52 organizations – local community based and national non-profits
- • Mission – promote and provide timely access through wide network
- • What they really do
- o and socio-economic factsheet – helped area to receive funding o and socio-economic factsheet – helped area to receive funding
- o Census data to tackle community challenged o Census data to tackle community challenged
- o Census promotions o Census promotions
- o newsletters, and presentations o newsletters, and presentations
- o and policy briefs o and policy briefs
- • Questions:
- o How do we express policy adjacent issues? How does CIC handle? These issues o How do we express policy adjacent issues? How does CIC handle? These issues discussed as a network?
- § Melanie: different from SDC – every CIC is independent functioning program. There is not as much done at CIC network level. Angelo at NILP challenges status quo and policy – others have same passion.