{"id":4392,"date":"2020-05-29T09:59:50","date_gmt":"2020-05-29T13:59:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mea\/?p=4392"},"modified":"2020-05-29T10:01:59","modified_gmt":"2020-05-29T14:01:59","slug":"remember-your-census-response-is-critical-to-marylands-funding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mea\/2020\/05\/29\/remember-your-census-response-is-critical-to-marylands-funding\/","title":{"rendered":"Remember &#8211; Your Census response is critical to Maryland\u2019s funding"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mea\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2020\/05\/2020-cencus.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-4393\" src=\"http:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mea\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2020\/05\/2020-cencus-300x138.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"138\" srcset=\"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mea\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2020\/05\/2020-cencus-300x138.png 300w, https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mea\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2020\/05\/2020-cencus.png 393w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The 2020 Census is underway, and we want every Marylander to have their voice heard. The 2020 Census deadline has been extended, send in your response now! Click <a href=\"https:\/\/2020census.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>here<\/strong> <\/a>to be counted, do not delay.<b><\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/2020census.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4398\" src=\"http:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mea\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2020\/05\/2020-census-Child-English-250x250-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mea\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2020\/05\/2020-census-Child-English-250x250-1.jpg 250w, https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mea\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2020\/05\/2020-census-Child-English-250x250-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mea\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2020\/05\/2020-census-Child-English-250x250-1-50x50.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The census is conducted every ten years and helps shape important decisions for the decade to come. Census results help determine how much Maryland receives in federal funding for:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Healthcare including vaccines and emergency services<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Schools, new roads and highways\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Small business recovery assistance<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Helping families in need, including school lunch programs<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Did you know it is estimated that every Marylander counted in the census equates to almost $20,000 in federal funding over 10 years? Taking the census ensures your community receives its fair share of federal funding.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/2020census.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4399\" src=\"http:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mea\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2020\/05\/2020-census-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mea\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2020\/05\/2020-census-2.jpg 250w, https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mea\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2020\/05\/2020-census-2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mea\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2020\/05\/2020-census-2-50x50.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Opt-in to receive information for Marylanders<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> about the 2020 Census, how your responses are used to help your community, and how you can help encourage others to complete the census too. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/public.govdelivery.com\/accounts\/MDMDP\/signup\/15091\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Opt-in to Updates<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/2020census.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4401\" src=\"http:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mea\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2020\/05\/2020-census-fire.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mea\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2020\/05\/2020-census-fire.jpg 250w, https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mea\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2020\/05\/2020-census-fire-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mea\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2020\/05\/2020-census-fire-50x50.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 2020 Census is underway, and we want every Marylander to have their voice heard. The 2020 Census deadline has been extended, send in your response now! Click here to be counted, do not delay. The census is conducted every ten years and helps shape important decisions for the decade<a href=\"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mea\/2020\/05\/29\/remember-your-census-response-is-critical-to-marylands-funding\/\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&#8230;Learn more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":143,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[42,25,10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4392","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog","category-main","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4392","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/143"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4392"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4392\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4408,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4392\/revisions\/4408"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4392"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4392"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4392"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}