COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL | AUGUST 6, 2020
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Census takers to begin follow-up with non-responding Oregon households
Census takers in 34
counties in Oregon will
begin to follow up with
households that have
not yet responded to the
2020 Census.
Multnomah
and
Clackamas will start
Aug. 11.
The current self-re-
sponse rate in Oregon
is 65.0 percent, which is
1.3 million households.
The Census Bureau will
need to visit the remain-
ing addresses to collect
responses in person.
Households can still
respond now by complet-
ing and mailing back the
paper questionnaire they
received, by responding
online at 2020census.gov,
or by phone for English
at 844-330-2020, or for
Spanish at 844-468-2020.
Households can also
respond online or by
phone in one of 13 lan-
guages and find assis-
tance in many more.
Those that respond
will not need to be visit-
ed to obtain their census
response.
What Households
Can Expect
Census takers will fol-
low local public health
guidelines when they
visit and will be wearing
masks.
Census takers must
complete
a
virtual
COVID-19 training on
social distancing proto-
cols and other health and
safety guidance before
beginning their work in
neighborhoods.
Census takers are hired
from local communities.
All census takers speak
English, and many are
bilingual.
If a census taker does
not speak the house-
holder’s language, the
household may request a
return visit from a census
taker who does. Census
takers will also have ma-
terials on hand to help
identify the household’s
language.
If no one is home when
the census taker visits,
the census taker will
leave a notice of their vis-
it with information about
how to respond online,
by phone or by mail.
People are encouraged
to cooperate with census
takers and ensure that
everyone who was living
in their household as of
April 1 is counted.
id government ID badge
with their photograph,
a U.S. Department of
Commerce watermark,
and an expiration date
on the badge.
To confirm a census
taker’s identity, the pub-
lic may contact their re-
gional census center to
speak with a Census Bu-
reau representative.
The U.S. Constitution
mandates a census of
the population every 10
years. The goal of the
2020 Census is to count
How to Identify
everyone who lives in the
Census Takers
United States on April 1,
Census takers can be 2020 (Census Day).
Census statistics are
easily identified by a val-
used to determine the
number of seats each
state holds in the U.S.
House of Representatives
and informs how bil-
lions of dollars in federal
funds will be allocated by
state, local and federal
lawmakers annually for
the next 10 years.
For more information,
visit 2020census.gov.
Oregon’s top five coun-
ties with the highest re-
sponse rates:
• Washington 73.1%
• Clackamas
71.6%
• Polk
70.1%
• Benton
69.2%
• Multnomah 69.2%
Lane County Transit District customer service counters to reopen Aug. 10
Lane Transit District
(LTD) passengers will
be able to ask questions
about routes when the
Customer Service Center
counters in the Eugene
Station located at 1080
Willamette St., reopen
on Monday, Aug. 10.
Customer
Service
Center hours will be 10
a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday
through Friday. In addi-
tion, Customer Service
Representatives are avail-
able to provide assistance
by telephone at 541-687-
5555 from 7 a.m. to 6
p.m., Monday through
Friday.
Individuals who have
business with the Cus-
tomer Service Repre-
sentatives will enter the
Customer Service Cen-
ter from the west doors
and after being assisted,
exit through the lobby’s
north doors.
All visitors will be re-
quired to wear hands-
free coverings over their
nose and mouth, use the
hand sanitizing station,
and observe social dis-
tancing
requirements
to reduce the potential
spread of COVID-19
among customers and
LTD staff.
The sitting area in the
Customer Service Cen-
ter’s lobby and all re-
strooms in the center will
remain closed.
“We are looking for-
ward to providing more
support to our passen-
gers who need assistance
in making their essential
bus trips for doctor’s ap-
pointments, groceries,
and work,” said Cosette
Rees, Director of Cus-
tomer and Specialized
Services. “LTD continues
to take a health-first ap-
proach with its bus ser-
vice and customer ser-
vice to reduce the spread
of the virus while con-
tinuing to move passen-
gers for essential trips.”
For more information
about the Customer Ser-
vice Center reopening
or LTD’s Health First
approach to reduce the
spread of COVID-19,
visit LTD.org.
OSHA accepting grant applications for training, education addressing infectious disease
Oregon OSHA is ac-
cepting grant applica-
tions for the creation of
innovative safety and
health training and ed-
ucation projects specif-
ically designed to help
combat the risk of infec-
tious disease in the work-
place.
The opportunity to
pitch the division on
funding for such projects
comes amid the corona-
virus pandemic and as
the division pursues new
rules to protect workers
against infectious diseas-
es.
Applications are due
by 5 p.m. Friday, Oct. 9.
Go online for more
information about this
year’s grant process and
how to apply.
You may also contact
Teri Watson, 503-947-
7406 or teri.a.watson@
oregon.gov.
The sole focus on grant
funding for education
and training related to
infectious disease is not
the only change to the
process this year.
For the 2020-2021
grant cycle, applications
only from educational
institutions that partner
with employer or em-
ployee associations will
be considered.
By way of context, em-
ployers are not allowed
to use grants to pay for
training for their em-
ployees. Materials pro-
duced by grant recipients
become the property of
Oregon OSHA.
Many of the materials
are housed in the Oregon
OSHA Resource Center
and are available for use
by the public. Some ma-
terials are available elec-
tronically.
Links
to
past
grant-funded training
projects are available for
viewing and use online.
The Oregon Legisla-
ture launched the Oc-
cupational Safety and
Health Education and
Training Grant Program
in 1990.
Award recommenda-
tions are made by Or-
egon OSHA’s Safe Em-
ployment
Education
and Training Advisory
Committee, a group with
members from business,
labor, and government.
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