Montclair Township is an official partner with the US Census bureau for the 2010 census. The goal of the Census Bureau’s partnership program is to combine the strengths of local governments, community-based organizations, faith-based organizations, schools, media, businesses and others, to ensure a complete and accurate 2010 Census.

The Census Bureau will provide partners with promotional materials, regular updates and data assistance to partners to work towards this effort. The Bureau and its partners will work to ensure the 2010 Census message is delivered to every US neighborhood.

The Census Bureau is seeking partnership specialists to conduct outreach in local communities. A list of available jobs in the New Jersey/New York area is available on the Census Bureau's web site:

http://www.census.gov/ronyc/www/emply.html

Why the Census is important:

• Every year, more than $300 billion in federal funds are awarded to states and \\communities based on census data. That’s more than $3 trillion distributed over a 10-year period.

• Census data guide local decision-makers in important community planning efforts, \\including where to build new roads, hospitals and schools.

• Census data affect your voice in Congress. The census determines how many seats each \\state will have in the U.S. House of Representatives as well as the redistricting of state legislatures, county and city councils, and voting districts.