{"635442":{"#nid":"635442","#data":{"type":"news","title":"2020 Census Responses Still Needed from Tech Students","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe 2020 census is currently underway, and Georgia Tech students may have been undercounted. In March, the U.S. Census Bureau released a \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.census.gov\/newsroom\/press-releases\/2020\/modifying-2020-operations-for-counting-college-students.html\u0022\u003Estatement\u003C\/a\u003E saying that students should be counted at their university address, even if they had to move out early due to the COVID-19 pandemic.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cul\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EIf you lived on campus during spring semester:\u003C\/strong\u003E You were automatically counted at that address by Georgia Tech Housing.\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EIf you lived off campus:\u003C\/strong\u003E You were not automatically counted and should fill out the census using that address if you would have lived there on April 1, 2020.\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EIf you lived in Greek housing:\u003C\/strong\u003E One representative from your house should have filled out the census, counting everyone who lived there. Check with your chapter\u0026rsquo;s leadership if you need confirmation that you\u0026rsquo;ve been counted.\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EIf you are an international student:\u003C\/strong\u003E You still count in the 2020 census if you do or would have lived in the U.S. on April 1, 2020 and should therefore fill out the census if you lived off campus.\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\u003C\/ul\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ESome students may have been counted twice if they lived on campus but were also counted at their location after classes moved online. Households can resubmit the census to resolve this issue, and the guidelines to do so can be found \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/2020census.gov\/en\/ways-to-respond\/responding-online.html\u0022\u003Ehere\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech and its surrounding census tracts are currently among the lowest in the city of Atlanta for self-response numbers, according to \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/atlcounts.org\/\u0022\u003EATLCounts Census 2020\u003C\/a\u003E, which was launched by Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms to ensure that all Atlanta residents are counted in the census. The number of people who fill out the census affects the area\u0026rsquo;s resources for the next 10 years, including Tech\u0026rsquo;s Pell Grant funding. More information about the types of resources affected by the census can be found \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/2020census.gov\/en\/community-impact.html?cid=23753:why%20is%20the%20census%20important:sem.ga:p:dm:en:\u0026amp;utm_source=sem.ga\u0026amp;utm_medium=p\u0026amp;utm_campaign=dm:en\u0026amp;utm_content=23753\u0026amp;utm_term=why%20is%20the%20census%20important\u0022\u003Ehere\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EStudents can respond to the census by phone, mail, or online. Visit \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/2020census.gov\/\u0022\u003E2020census.gov\u003C\/a\u003E for more information.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAll students should be counted at their university address.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"All students should be counted at their university address."}],"uid":"34946","created_gmt":"2020-05-18 17:53:55","changed_gmt":"2020-05-19 17:47:07","author":"gwyner3","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2020-05-19T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2020-05-19T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"635510":{"id":"635510","type":"image","title":"2020 Census","body":null,"created":"1589910322","gmt_created":"2020-05-19 17:45:22","changed":"1589910322","gmt_changed":"2020-05-19 17:45:22","alt":"A graphic with illustrated people representing different U.S. states. The colors of their shirts together form those of the American flag.","file":{"fid":"241842","name":"GettyImages-165723821.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/GettyImages-165723821.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/GettyImages-165723821.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":932684,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/GettyImages-165723821.jpg?itok=FPhlIcgz"}}},"media_ids":["635510"],"groups":[{"id":"1317","name":"News Briefs"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"}],"keywords":[{"id":"7161","name":"census"},{"id":"184828","name":"2020 census"},{"id":"175893","name":"Georgia Tech Housing"},{"id":"181922","name":"off campus housing"},{"id":"184829","name":"Greek housing"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[{"id":"71871","name":"Campus and Community"}],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:stucomm@gatech.edu\u0022\u003EGrace Wyner\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EInstitute Communications\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}