subject: How The 2010 Census Affects Health Care And Health Sciences [print this page] The 2010 Census helps policymakers to correctly allocate of $400 billion dollars annually, which has a great affect on health care and health sciences, education, infrastructure and much more. The United States Census counts every resident in America and is mandated by the United States Constitution to take place every 10 years. The information collected by the census is also used to apportion the U.S. House of Representatives.
The census has a great impact on the society of United States because it helps communities receive their proper portion of more than $400 billion in federal funds annually. This funding is allocated for things such as: hospitals, which affect health care and health sciences; job training centers, which affect unemployment; schools, which affect education; senior centers, which affects health care and health sciences; bridges, tunnels and other public works projects, which affect a communities infrastructure; and emergency services.
Census forms have been delivered to every residence in the United States of America and Puerto Rico. Answering the 10 short questions and returning the form can help your community receive financial resources that will benefit health sciences and care, education and much more. However, if you fail to return your form, you may receive a visit from "census taker", who will then ask you the question from the form in person.
It is very important that you promptly fill out the form and mail it back. Census data affects your community in many ways from the number of seats you state occupies in the United States House of Representatives to the amount of funding your community receives for health care and health sciences. The census is also used by many individuals and organization from all walks of life to rescue disaster victims, advocate for causes, research markets, prevent diseases through the implementation of health sciences, locate schools of skilled workers and more.
When you do the math, it is easy to see how an accurate and detailed count of residents can benefit your community. This data can provide better infrastructure, more services, more funding for health sciences and education. It can provide a brighter tomorrow for everyone by properly allocating more than $400 billion of federal funding which is spent annually on infrastructure and services.
When you fill out the census form, as an individual you are making a statement about what resources and services your community needs now and in the future.
Collecting accurate data, which reflects the changes in you community, are critical to apportioning seats in the United States House of Representatives as well as deciding how more than $400 billion dollars is allocated annually for services like health care and health sciences as well as projects like new schools and hospitals. That is more than $4 trillion over a decade for things like new schools, roads and services like job training centers and funding for health sciences.
The census has a great impact on our nation because it ensures proper apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives proper allocation of federal funding. This funding greatly affects a community's infrastructure and allows communities to build new hospitals and schools as well as advance services like health care and health sciences.
