Georgetown, DE (Nov. 2, 2009): As 2009 winds to a close, Americans are looking forward to a new year and that once-a-decade rite of passage – the census.

Jess Quintero of the U.S. Census Bureau’s Partnership Program will be the featured guest speaker at this month’s meeting of the Sussex County Advisory Committee for the Aging & Adults with Physical Disabilities. Mr. Quintero will discuss the upcoming census, the public’s role in the process, and some of the challenges facing the 2010 effort.

By law, the U.S. government every 10 years must perform an accounting, or census, of all its citizens. Information gleaned through the decennial population survey is used to determine everything from Congressional district boundaries to the amount of federal funding allocated to state and local levels for various programs, many of which benefit seniors and those with physical disabilities.

The Advisory Committee invites the public to attend the committee’s next meeting at 10 a.m. Monday, Nov. 16, 2009, at the Sussex County Administrative Offices West Complex on North DuPont Highway in Georgetown. An open discussion will follow the featured presentation.

The Sussex County Advisory Committee for the Aging & Adults with Physical Disabilities is an 11-member panel established by the Sussex County Council to be an advocate for programs and policies that benefit older and disabled residents. The committee meets on the third Monday of January, March, May, July, September and November. All meetings are open to the public.

The Advisory Committee’s mission is to increase dialogue, make recommendations to Sussex County Council, and to give support, assistance and advice on significant issues and programs that may affect the lives of the county’s aging and adults with physical disabilities populations.

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