US Census Bureau

The Census Bureau has compiled lesson plans, activities, and maps to help teachers integrate census into their lesson plans.
Census in Schools - Explore activities by grade level and topic
English Language Learners (ELL) and Adult English Second Language (ESL) 
Pre-K Materials

State of California

California K-12 School-Based Outreach Toolkit (PDF)
California has compiled resources to help schools and teachers participate in census outreach

Children 0-5 Resources

US Census Bureau

Materials for Pre-K Children

First 5 California

First 5 Parent and Caregiver Fact Sheet (PDF)
First 5 Parent and Caregiver Fact Sheet - Spanish (PDF)

Toolkits for Health Workers

California Primary Care Association Census Resources

California Primary Care Association Toolkit (ZIP)

Download Cities, Towns, Municipal Advisory Committee (MACs) and Districts Toolkit (PDF)

Flyers and Collateral

Make flyers and rack cards available at your public facing offices, put up posters in community gathering spaces, and insert rack cards into mailers. 

• Census Fact Sheet -English (PDF)
• Census Fact Sheet – Spanish (PDF)
• Census Info Flyer (PDF)
• Census Flyer – Multigenerational (PDF)
• Census Flyer – Social Services (PDF)
• Half Page Census Info Flyer (PDF)
• Half Page Flyer – Veterans (PDF)
• Half Page Flyer – Confidentiality (PDF)
• Census Family Portrait – Spanish (PDF)
• Rack Card- Mail Insert (PDF)
• Poster- Confidentiality (PDF)

There are also additional resources in 20 different languages available from the United Way Bay Area’s Outreach Toolkit.

The Census Bureau has outreach material available in 13 languages. 

Newsletter Articles

Include census related newsletter articles in your publications. These articles are organized by messaging date and each topic has a custom article for various types of organizations. There are sections that you should customize to your community (i.e. insert city name, etc.)

• January: Time for Another Census! (Word)
• February: Addressing Fears and Concerns of Census 2020 (Word)
• Early March: What to Except When You’re Expecting Census 2020 (Word)
• March 23: Happy National Census Week! (Word)
• April: Reminder – Respond to Census 2020 by April 30 (Word)
• May: Non-Response Follow Up (Word)

Graphics

These graphics can be used in combination with Newsletter Articles or on other publications as needed. 

 Census Logo (transparent background)

Link to Logo Image (jpg)

Save the Date Image

Link to Save the Date Image (jpg)

 Please contact Matt Lardner if you have additional graphics needs

Email Matt

Social Media

Post to your Twitter, Instagram, or Facebook accounts. The Social Media toolkit provides over 20 different types of posts for various populations and images formatted to best display on different social media formats. 

Social Media Toolkit (Excel)

Email signature

Encourage your staff to include a Census 2020 signature for all emails. Copy/Paste the format below. The image should link to cococensus.org

Our goal together is a Census 2020 complete count.
9 Questions. 10 Years of Impact.
Respond to the Census at my2020census.gov or by phone

Other Resources

League of California Cities Census 2020 Resources

The faith community are important trusted messengers, in particular for many hard to count communities. 

Why Your Faith Community Should Become a 2020 Census Official Partner from U.S. Census Bureau (PDF)

Faith in Public Life 2020 Census Faith Toolkit (PDF)
Kit de Herramientas de fe para El Censo 2020 (PDF)

San Francisco Interfaith Council Toolkit

Interfaith Council  of Contra Costa County