In an effort to maximize the state’s population count in the 2020 U.S. Census – and the federal funding that goes along with it — the state’s 2020 Census Grant Program Panel announced Monday that 36 Maryland government and nonprofit organizations will receive funding as part of a census outreach program. The $4.09 million in awards will support efforts to ensure every Marylander completes his or her census form.
The Census Grant Panel awarded grants to eligible applicants that demonstrated the capacity to conduct outreach activities throughout Maryland to:
- Ensure a fair, accurate, and inclusive count for Maryland, and
- Increase the response rate of hard-to-count communities and populations in Maryland.
“We are funding proposals that support efforts to reach some of the most challenging segments of our population to increase census responses, and provide a full and accurate portrait of every community throughout Maryland,” said Planning Secretary Rob McCord, who is one of the grant panel’s five members and whose agency oversees the panel’s work. “Counting each person helps every one of us in Maryland.”
Recipients of the grants include local governments and nonprofits that applied for a portion of the matching funds.
The 2020 Census Grant Program recipients are:
| Recipient | Matching Grant Amount |
| Action in Maturity, Inc. | $25,000 |
| Anne Arundel County | $45,000 |
| Baltimore City Department of Planning | $250,000 |
| Baltimore County | $250,000 |
| Baltimore Office of Promotion and the Arts, Inc. | $139,500 |
| Banner Neighborhoods | $26,740 |
| Carroll County | $40,000 |
| CASA de Maryland, Inc. | $447,614 |
| Catholic Charities Esperanza | $65,050 |
| Centro De Apoyo Familiar | $250,000 |
| Chinese American Parent Association of Howard County | $50,000 |
| City of College Park | $34,385 |
| City of Greenbelt | $15,000 |
| City of Seat Pleasant | $18,636 |
| Frederick County | $80,000 |
| Global Outreach Leaders | $109,200 |
| Green and Healthy Homes Initiative | $125,000 |
| Harford County | $133,310 |
| Howard County | $150,240 |
| Howard County Chinese School | $80,000 |
| Identity, Inc. | $123,080 |
| Montgomery County | $581,700 |
| Montgomery County Renters Alliance | $100,000 |
| Moving Youth Toward Hope, Inc. | $52,000 |
| No Boundaries Coalition | $76,086 |
| Northern Gateway | $25,000 |
| Prince George’s County | $244,208 |
| Resident Services. Inc. | $163,182 |
| Southwest Partnerships | $30,000 |
| Town of Forest Heights | $59,000 |
| Unified Efforts, Inc. | $7,500 |
| United Way of Central Maryland | $110,000 |
| Vietnamese American Service, Inc. | $62,900 |
| Washington County Commission on Aging | $15,000 |
| Women’s Home Preservation Fund | $89,990 |
| Young Invincibles | $25,000 |
| Total | $4,099,321 |
Josh Kurtz
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Founding Editor Josh Kurtz is a veteran chronicler of Maryland politics and government. He began covering the State House in 1995 for The Gazette newspapers, and has been writing about state and local politics ever since. He was an editor at Roll Call, the Capitol Hill newspaper, for eight years, and for eight years was the editor of E&E Daily, which covers energy and environmental policy on Capitol Hill. For 6 1/2 years Kurtz wrote a weekly column on state politics for Center Maryland and has written for several other Maryland publications as well. Kurtz regularly gives speeches and appears on TV and radio shows to discuss Maryland politics.
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