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visibility public forums and have the speak - er(s) include a census message. • Arrange with tribal and /or local newspa- pers and publications to feature tribal community leaders promoting participa- tion in the census. • Arrange for appearances on talk shows to discuss subjects such as confidentiality of the individual's responses to the census and benefits of the data to the commu- nity. If you wish, ask for a local Census Bureau representative to accompany you. • Issue periodic press releases on the impor- tance of the census. Community • Include motivational flyer and articles on the importance of the census to the com- munity in mailings to constituents. • Distribute motivational flyer through pub- lic assistance offices or paychecks and utility bills. • Write letters to school districts encourag- ing the use of the Census Education Project in classrooms. Arrange to reproduce extra materials for those school districts or selected schools in areas where enumeration might be difficult. • Arrange to have census awareness mate- rials translated into other languages, as needed. • Promote the census to and through tribal government agencies and employees (for example, food distribution programs). • Schedule and promote special joint activ- ities, such as tribal health fairs, at which messages concerning the census can be presented. • Write to local churches, other religious organizations, and ministerial alliances encour- aging the support and use of Religious Organizations Project materials. • Meet with tenant organization presidents. Provide materials and solicit their commit- ment to distribute materials to their ten- ants. • Identify homeless shelter providers to pro- mote complete count of the homeless population. • Arrange with local businesses to use post- age meters to stamp the census logo on all outgoing mail. • Promote the census through local Bureau of Indian Affairs offices and Indian Health Service facilities to employees. • Arrange to have census banners, posters, Page and so forth, displayed on government vehicles, except police. • Arrange to have motivational flyer distrib- uted with business and local government paychecks. (b) Census Week 03/23/90- 03/31/90 18 Media • Schedule a press conference for highest - elected official to announce the mailing of questionnaires and encourage their return (03/23/90). (As part of the press confer- ence, show the highest elected official mailing the completed questionnaire.) Iden- tify other media opportunities to encour- age the return of the questionnaire—in - cluding talk shows. • Develop, produce, distribute, and encour- age the use of public service announce- ments urging the return of the question- naire. Use local personalities. • Have local television weather personali- ties urge the return of the questionnaire during newscasts. Community • Include materials encouraging the mail return of the questionnaire in all corre- spondence to local government constitu- ents, where appropriate. • Have materials encouraging questionnaire return distributed at all government offices that have public contact - public assistance, motor vehicle, employment, and so forth. • Include materials encouraging return of the questionnaire in utility bills and local government and /or business paychecks. • Encourage tenant association presidents to organize a telephone campaign to call their tenants urging return of the ques- tionnaire. • Have tenant association presidents arrange to distribute material encouraging return of the questionnaire. • Reproduce and make available Language Assistance Guides at government offices providing servicesto limited or non - English speaking persons. • Encourage churches, other religious orga- nizations, and ministerial alliances to use the Census Week Religious Organizations Project materials. 8 COMPLETE COUNT PROGRAM 1990 CENSUS GOVERNMENTS PROMOTION HANDBOOK