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Groups worried about everyone getting counted in 2020

DETROIT, MI (MPRN)--   A group of Michigan non-profits is concerned not all state residents will be counted on the upcoming 2020 census.

Those organizations are teaming up to make sure groups such as immigrants, homeless people, and minority children are fully counted.

Hassan Jaber is the executive director of ACCESS and a co-chair of the “2020 Nonprofits Count Campaign.” He says there’s a lot at stake for Michigan with this census.

“Many critical programs such as children’s programs, housing programs, Medicaid, Medicare … forty percent of the state’s budget comes as the result of census numbers,” he says.

Jaber also points out Michigan could lose a congressional seat as a result of the 2020 census. He says language barriers—as well as a possible citizenship question on the census—could make it difficult to fully count immigrant communities.