Board of Commissioners of Cook County - File #: 15-3923

• File #: 15-3923
• Version: 1
• Type: Resolution
• Status: Approved
• File created: 6/10/2015
• In control: Board of Commissioners
• On agenda: 6/10/2015
• Final action: 7/1/2015
• Title: PROPOSED RESOLUTION SUPPORTING THE UNITED STATES CENSUS AND THE ILLINOIS COMPLETE COUNT COMMITTEE AND ENCOURAGING COOK COUNTY TO DEVELOP ITS OWN CENSUS OUTREACH STRATEGY WHEREAS, the Constitution of the United States requires an enumeration of the population every 10 years to apportion congressional representation among the states; and WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 141 of Title 13 of the United States Code, the next federal decennial census of the population will be taken on the first day of April in 2020; and WHEREAS, a complete and accurate count of Illinois' population is essential to the State because the census count determines congressional representation, state redistricting, federal grant formula allocation, and the distribution of state grant and subsidy funds for an entire decade until the next decennial census is taken; and WHEREAS, currently there are over 63 federal programs benefiting Cook County that use census enumeration and population numbers as par...
• Sponsors: STANLEY MOORE, TONI PRECKWINKLE (President), ROBERT STEELE, LUIS ARROYO JR, RICHARD R. BOYKIN, JERRY BUTLER, JOHN P. DALEY, JOHN A. FRITCHEY, BRIDGET GAINER, JESÚS G. GARCÍA, ELIZABETH "LIZ" DOODY GORMAN, GREGG GOSLIN, JOAN PATRICIA MURPHY, TIMOTHY O. SCHNEIDER, PETER N. SILVESTRI, DEBORAH SIMS, LARRY SUFFREDIN, JEFFREY R. TOBOLSKI

Date	Ver.	Action By	Motion	Result
7/1/2015	1	Legislation and Intergovernmental Relations Committee	recommend for approval	Pass
7/1/2015	1	Board of Commissioners	approve	Pass
6/10/2015	1	Board of Commissioners	refer	Pass

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PROPOSED RESOLUTION

SUPPORTING THE UNITED STATES CENSUS AND THE ILLINOIS COMPLETE COUNT COMMITTEE AND ENCOURAGING COOK COUNTY TO DEVELOP ITS OWN CENSUS OUTREACH STRATEGY

WHEREAS, the Constitution of the United States requires an enumeration of the population every 10 years to apportion congressional representation among the states; and

WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 141 of Title 13 of the United States Code, the next federal decennial census of the population will be taken on the first day of April in 2020; and

WHEREAS, a complete and accurate count of Illinois' population is essential to the State because the census count determines congressional representation, state redistricting, federal grant formula allocation, and the distribution of state grant and subsidy funds for an entire decade until the next decennial census is taken; and

WHEREAS, currently there are over 63 federal programs benefiting Cook County that use census enumeration and population numbers as part of their funding formulas, including formulas for education, health, and human services programs; and

WHEREAS, the United States Census Bureau will endeavor to count every person in the nation, and many states and counties will be initiating programs and initiatives to promote the census; and

WHEREAS, it is vitally important for Illinois and Cook County to do everything they can to ensure that every resident in Illinois and Cook County is counted in the 2020 United States Census; and

WHEREAS, Cook County will work and partner with Illinois in an intergovernmental manner to support, advance and implement the objectives and goals of Illinois Senate Joint Resolution 29, which creates the Illinois Complete Count Commission to develop, recommend, and assist in the administration of a census outreach strategy to encourage full participation in the 2020 federal decennial census of population required by Section 141 of Title 13 of the United States Code; and

NOW THEREF...