Baltimore, MD  – October 8, 2019 – Following input from the Complete Count Committee (CCC), Maryland Department of Planning (Planning) Secretary Rob McCord today announced he has now distributed $5 million in funding to support the 2020 Census. The 2020 Census Grant Program Panel was established and funded following the passage of Senate Bill 855.

“I appreciate the input and feedback from the CCC members as we worked together to provide this funding to further support our Census outreach effort to provide a full and accurate count of every Marylander,” said Planning Secretary Rob McCord. “By allocating this funding in every corner of Maryland, we are continuing our unprecedented commitment to get everyone counted on Census Day, April 1, 2020.”
With a total of $5 million available for Census grants, the funds are being allocated as part of the overall state effort to ensure an accurate, complete, fair, and inclusive count. 

Recipients include:

  • Action in Maturity, Inc. $25,000
  • Allegany County $20,000
  • Anne Arundel County $45,000
  • Baltimore City Department of Planning $250,000
  • Baltimore County $250,000
  • Baltimore Office of Promotion and the Arts, Inc. $139,500
  • Banner Neighborhoods $26,740
  • Calvert County $20,000
  • Caroline County $20,000
  • Carroll County $40,000
  • CASA de Maryland, Inc. $447,614
  • Catholic Charities Esperanza $65,050
  • Cecil County $20,000
  • Centro De Apoyo Familiar $250,000
  • Charles County $20,000
  • Chinese American Parent Association of Howard Co. $50,000
  • City of College Park $34,385
  • City of Greenbelt $15,000
  • City of Seat Pleasant $18,636
  • Dorchester County $20,000
  • Frederick County $80,000
  • Garrett County $20,000
  • Global Outreach Leaders $109,200
  • Green and Healthy Homes Initiative $125,000
  • Harford County $133,310
  • Howard County $150,240
  • Howard County Chinese School $80,000
  • Identity, Inc. $123,080
  • Kent County $20,000
  • Maryland Complete Count Committee $300,679
  • Maryland Municipal League (distributed to municipalities) $300,000
  • Montgomery County $581,700
  • Montgomery County Renters Alliance $100,000
  • Moving Youth Toward Hope, Inc. $52,000
  • No Boundaries Coalition $76,086
  • Northern Gateway $25,000
  • Prince George’s County $244,208
  • Queen Anne’s County $20,000
  • Resident Services, Inc. $163,182
  • Somerset County $20,000
  • Southwest Partnerships $30,000
  • St. Mary’s County $20,000
  • Talbot County $20,000
  • Town of Forest Heights $59,000
  • Unified Efforts, Inc. $7,500
  • United Way of Central Maryland $110,000
  • Vietnamese American Service, Inc. $62,900
  • Washington County $20,000
  • Washington County Commission on Aging $15,000
  • Wicomico County $20,000
  • Women’s Home Preservation Fund $89,990
  • Worcester County $20,000
  • Young Invincibles $25,000

Total $5,000,000