Help with 2010 Census

For Immediate Release: Thursday, March 18, 2010

Questionnaire Assistance Centers Open throughout Washington County

Nearly 20 Questionnaire Assistance Centers (QACs) will open in key locations throughout Washington County this week to help residents complete and mail back their 2010 Census forms. Field staff from the U.S. Census Bureau will run the centers from March 19 through April 19 in churches, libraries, community centers and other public gathering places. The full list of QACs is provided below.

More than 120 million households will receive 10-question census forms this month, complete with a 42-cent postage-paid return envelope. Residents who do not mail the form back may receive a visit from a census taker who will ask questions from the form.

Any personal data provided for the census is protected under federal law.

The 2010 Census, which is required by the U.S. Constitution every 10 years, will help communities receive more than $400 billion in federal funds each year. These federal dollars support hospitals, job training centers, schools, senior centers, transportation projects, emergency services, social services and homeless programs.

Census forms are available in six languages: English, Spanish, Chinese (simplified), Korean, Russian and Vietnamese. English/Spanish bi-lingual forms will be mailed to areas with large numbers of Spanish-speaking-only households. Language assistance guides will also be available in 59 different languages to help people fill out the English version of the census form. Large print and Braille guides and a language reference dictionary are also available.

For more information about language assistance guides and translations of the form visit 2010census.gov. Telephone assistance in filling out the form is available in Spanish (1-866-928-2010), Chinese (1-866-955-2010), Vietnamese (1-866-945-2010) and Russian (1-866-965-2010) in addition to English (1-866-872-6868).

Questionnaire Assistance Centers in Washington County
March 19 to April 19, 2010:
(Hours of operation and the availability of non-English language interpretation will vary at each location.)

Aloha
Bethlehem Lutheran Church, 18865 SW Johnson St., Aloha, OR 97006

Beaverton
Beaverton City Library, 12375 SW 5th St., Beaverton, OR 97005 Beaverton
Seventh Day Adventist, 14645 SW Davis Rd., Beaverton, OR 97005
Chavitas Market, 12020 SW Allen Blvd., Beaverton, OR 97005
Elsie Stuhr Center, 5550 SW Hall Blvd., Beaverton, OR 97005
Haggen Food and Pharmacy, 9055 SW Murray Blvd., Beaverton, OR 97008
Paldo Korean Market, 3975 SW 114th Ave., Beaverton, OR 97005

Cornelius
Virginia Garcia Memorial Health Center, 85 N 12th Ave., Cornelius, OR 97113
City of Cornelius Library, 1355 N. Barlow St., Cornelius, OR 97113

Forest Grove
Forest Grove Library, 2114 Pacific Ave., Forest Grove, OR 97116

Garden Home
Garden Home Rec. Center, 7475 SW Oleson Rd., Portland, OR 97223

Gaston
City of Gaston, 116 Front St., Gaston, OR 97119

Hillsboro
Community Action, 1001 SW Baseline St., Hillsboro, OR 97123

King City
King City, City Hall, 15300 SW 116th Ave., King City, OR 97224

Sherwood
Sherwood Senior Center, 21907 SW Sherwood Blvd., Sherwood, OR 97140

Tigard
City Bible Church, 11764 SW Pacific Hwy., Tigard, OR 97223
Tigard City Hall, 13125 SW Hall Blvd., Tigard, OR 97223

Tualatin
Tualatin Public Library, 18878 SW Martinazzi Ave., Tualatin, OR 97062

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