How do census takers count the homeless population?
Morand: There is a certain night that they take a count in the homeless shelters. They will also physically go out and try to find people sleeping outside the shelters. Do the Yale numbers impact New Haven? Morand: Substantially — especially when you consider that the city has about 125,000 residents and there are about 10,000 undergraduate and graduate students. So Yale students alone account for nearly 10% of the population of New Haven, and very many Yale faculty and staff live in the city as well. As Alderman Gonzalez noted, that translates directly into program dollars for New Haven youth from federal and state sources. What is Yale doing to help with the census? Morand: The University is working closely with Alderman Gonzalez and his colleagues on the local Census Committee to ensure Yale has a 100% count. We’ve helped identify Yale students who will be paid as enumerators in their colleges and other dormitories, and we will be sending out emails to Yale students to notify them
