Program Description

  Community Partnership

The Office of Community Partnerships (OCP) is a bridge builder between the County's diverse communities and County government. Due to OCP's deep reach into communities, OCP worked closely with the Regional Service Center Directors to lead the County's 2020 Census Campaign. "Everyone Counts in Montgomery County" was a multifaceted campaign targeted toward historically undercounted communities (communities of color, multilingual communities, LGBTQ, children under 5, and seniors) and specific census tracts. Strategies included materials in the top six spoken languages in the county (Spanish, Chinese, Korean, French, Amharic, and Vietnamese), multilingual and multicultural media, use of social media, and strong nonprofit partners. OCP realized early on there was significant overlap between targeted communities/census tracts and communities most impacted by COVID-19 and therefore tied COVID information (rental assistance, food resources, etc.) to Census outreach. As a result of Montgomery County's successful 2020 Census campaign efforts, OCP will continue to serve point on the county's multilingual and multicultural communication outreach efforts. This includes an internal Translations Unit.