From the Denver Daily News:
With the 2010 census under nine months away, community groups are starting an education campaign to raise awareness in lower income and minority-dominated areas about the importance of the federally mandated count.
In the 2000 census, approximately 3 percent of the nation’s Latino community was undercounted, according to Jessie Ulibarri of Mi Familia Vota. Because the census information is used to distribute congressional seats to states, make decisions about what community services are provided and as the basis for the distribution of around $300 billion in federal funds, the undercount count resulted in fewer resources for communities that needed them, according to Ulibarri.