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Next year, efforts will begin to get people counted in the once-every-10-years census.
Austin area leaders have said that some of the hardest to count communities, including undocumented immigrants, minorities and young children and seniors are best reached through local nonprofits and social services agencies, rather than by government officials, since they work with these communities every day and have established trust.
On Thursday (December 12th), the United Way for Greater Austin announced $395,000 in grant money to 17 of these local organizations, which will help with the census count in Central Texas.
