Grant-funds will be used to hire five temporary, part-time positions
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The City of McAllen recently received another grant to assist with its Census outreach efforts, this time, from the Valley Baptist Legacy Foundation in the amount of $56,400. The grant will be used to hire five part-time outreach workers to help residents respond online to the 2020 Census at various City of McAllen locations.
The last day to apply for the available contract positions is Tuesday, February 25, 2020. The positions pay $10 an hour, are part-time and persons will work throughout the week. Interested parties should also have their own reliable transportation. To apply, visit www.mcallen.net.
“Our plan is to instill confidence about the census and ensure that every resident recognizes how the U.S. Census works, when and how to fill out the questionnaire, and how census data benefits the community. This will be accomplished with the help of the Census Outreach Specialists who will assist residents with information and the online response,” said McAllen Police Chief Victor Rodriguez, who serves as the McAllen Complete Census Count Committee Chair.
The Census Outreach Specialists will be assisting people in the evening hours and weekends and will be sent to churches, neighborhood associations meetings, and designated Hard-to-Count Areas neighborhoods to not only answer people’s questions regarding the Census, but also, how to respond online. McAllen’s Census Outreach Specialists will assist with online response via the use of City-issued tablets, that will be used beginning March 12.
