Those communities that are experiencing persisting socioeconomic disadvantages. The situation is aggravated by the lack of access to public information resources that community based organizations can use to improve the quality of life for all citizens. Participation in the Census . Only if people are counted can the proper amount of servicing be given to those communities. Affidavit of Robert C. Bobb, City Manager, City of Oakland, included in Affidavits in Support of Motion to Intervene as Defendants of Intervenors City of Los Angeles, et al . in Glavin, et al., v. Clinton, et al.
Minorities count .
If every individual had the same likelihood of being missed by the Census, the undercount would not be as big a problem. However, census undercounts are not evenly distributed throughout the population but are concentrated among poor, minority, and central city population - communities that often are most in need of social services and economic development programs. Neighborhoods of people of color and the poor are consistently undercounted by the census for a number of reasons, including difficulty with the English language, understanding of the census, and distrust of government programs. The CIC program seeks to make census information more community friendly and comprehensible to the public. Information leads to servicing .