Salisbury receives largest portion of more than $332,000 awarded to 32 Municipalities Across Maryland for Census Outreach Funding
Salisbury – Mayor Jake Day is pleased to announce that the City of Salisbury has been awarded $19,810 by the Maryland Department of Planning to fund outreach efforts in support of the 2020 Census. The Maryland Department of Planning (Planning) announced that 32 municipalities have been awarded funding to support the accurate counting of the state and its local jurisdictions.
In fall 2019, Planning announced $5 million in overall Census outreach funding, which included $4.1 million in grants to nonprofits, $300,000 to the Complete Count Committee, $300,000 to 15 Maryland counties and more than $300,000 to go to municipalities that met certain population thresholds and other criteria.
Forty municipalities applied to receive part of the more than $300,000 designated only to the 157 municipalities in Maryland. Following a grading and scoring of the applications, 32 municipalities will receive funding.
The funding will be used throughout Maryland to ensure a fair, accurate, and inclusive count for Maryland and increase the response rate of hard-to-count communities and populations in Maryland.
Recipients include:
| City of Aberdeen | $10,000.00 | |
| City of Annapolis | $19,000.00 | |
| Town of Bladensburg | $19,000.00 | |
| City of Bowie | $6,000.00 | |
| Town of Brentwood | $14,500.00 | |
| Town of Capitol Heights | $10,000.00 | |
| Town of Chesapeake Beach | $5,000.00 | |
| Town of Cheverly | $10,000.00 | |
| Town of Colmar Manor | $7,335.00 | |
| Town of Cottage City | $5,000.00 | |
| City of Cumberland | $8,000.00 | |
| Town of Denton | $5,000.00 | |
| City of District Heights | $19,000.00 | |
| Town of Easton | $10,000.00 | |
| Town of Emmitsburg | $8,500.00 | |
| Town of Fairmount Heights | $7,670.00 | |
| Town of Federalsburg | $13,330.00 | |
| City of Glenarden | $19,000.00 | |
| Town of Greensboro | $7,000.00 | |
| City of Hyattsville | $19,000.00 | |
| Town of Landover Hills | $5,000.00 | |
| City of Laurel | $15,000.00 | |
| Shared between five towns: Goldsboro, Henderson, Marydel, Templeville, Hillsboro | $3,940.00 | |
| Town of Morningside | $5,000.00 | |
| City of Mount Rainier | $19,000.00 | |
| City of New Carrollton | $6,750.00 | |
| Town of North East | $5,000.00 | |
| Town of Riverdale Park | $10,000.00 | |
| City of Rockville | $9,800.00 | |
| City of Salisbury | $19,810.00 | |
| City of Takoma Park | $7,500.00 | |
| Town of Upper Marlboro | $3,365.00 | |
| TOTAL | $332,500.00 |
