{"id":1520,"date":"2020-06-03T04:40:27","date_gmt":"2020-06-03T04:40:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/istc.edu\/?p=1520"},"modified":"2020-06-03T16:16:53","modified_gmt":"2020-06-03T16:16:53","slug":"2020-census-impacts-alabamas-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/istc.edu\/2020-census-impacts-alabamas-future\/","title":{"rendered":"2020 Census Impacts Alabama&#8217;s Future"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In 2020, Alabamians have a tremendous opportunity to positively affect our state\u2019s future for the next 10 years and beyond. How? By taking less than 10 minutes to complete the 2020 Census.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Data collected during the census affects decisions regarding community services and the distribution of more than $675 billion in federal funds to local, state and tribal governments each year.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This funding supports local programs for schools, health care, community assistance, infrastructure and other important needs. The census also determines the number of representatives each state will have in Congress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you have not already done so, you can complete the census at&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.my2020census.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">www.my2020census.gov<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"x-resp-embed x-is-video x-is-youtube\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Census 2020 - $13 billion is at stake in Alabama\" width=\"1778\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TwKds6MocZo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In 2020, Alabamians have a tremendous opportunity to positively affect our state\u2019s future for the next 10 years and beyond. How? By taking less than 10 minutes to complete the &#8230; <\/p>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/istc.edu\/2020-census-impacts-alabamas-future\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1530,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/istc.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1520"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/istc.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/istc.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/istc.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/istc.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1520"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/istc.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1520\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/istc.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1530"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/istc.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1520"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/istc.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1520"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/istc.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1520"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}