The Census Information Center program is part of the U.S. Census Bureau's data dissemination network.
The Census Information Center (CIC) Program was started in 1988 to improve access to census data by minority groups and economically disadvantaged segments of the population, who have been traditionally undercounted in censuses and surveys. The original five participating organizations were: The National Urban League, The National Council of La Raza, the William C. Velasquez Institute, the Asian and Pacific Islander American Health Forum and the Americans for Indian Opportunity (replaced by the Native America Public Telecommunications). For more than a decade, from 1988 to April 2000, the CIC program did not grow beyond the original 5 organizations and languished due to a lack of funding and support.
In April 2000, the Census Bureau renewed its commitment to close the minority and economic gap in data access by expanding the CIC Program to include 54 additional organizations representing under-served communities, bringing the number of Program participants to 59 organizations. Funding was made available for training, data products, postage and staff to ensure the success of the Program.
Between 2000 and 2005 15 organizations left the program for various reasons. In September 2006, the Census Bureau admitted an additional 13 organizations.
Arab American Institute
Asian American Federation of New York
Asian American Studies Center/National CAPACD, University of California, Los Angeles
Asian American Studies Program, University of Maryland
Asian and Pacific Islander American Health Forum
Asian Pacific American Legal Center of Southern California
ASIAN, Inc.
Bayamon Central University
California Indian Manpower Consortium
Capital Area Council of Governments
Center for Applied Research, Norfolk State University
Center for Border Health Research
Center for Business and Economic Research, Louisiana State University in Shreveport
Center on Pacific Studies Interwork Institute, San Diego State University
Child Welfare League of America
Children's Defense Fund
Chinese American Voters Education Committee
Community Service Council of Greater Tulsa
Dillard University
Dubois Bunche Center for Public Policy, Medgar Evers College - City University of New York
First Alaskans Institute
Florida Agricultural & Mechanical University
Goodwill Industries International, Inc.
Howard University
Indian Affairs Department, State of New Mexico
Instituto de Investigaciones Interdisciplinarias, University of Puerto Rico at Cayey
Inter-University Program for Latino Research, Notre Dame University
Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies
Korean American Coalition
Latin American Chamber of Commerce
Leadership Conference on Civil Rights
LeMoyne-Owen College
Meharry Medical College
Metro Chicago Information Center
Mississippi Urban Research Center, Jackson State University
NAACP
National Asian Pacific Center on Aging
National Congress of American Indians
National Congress of Vietnamese Americans
National Council of La Raza
National Institute for Latino Policy
National Urban League Policy Institute
Neighborhoods Resource Center
Northeast Council of Governments
Organization of Chinese Americans
Papa Ola Lokahi
Piast Institute
Rural Community Assistance Partnerships, Inc.
SER-Jobs for Progress National, Inc.
Sitting Bull College
Special Service for Groups
Spelman College
The Metropolitan Center, Florida International University
The Navajo Nation
The University of Texas-Pan American
United States Hispanic Leadership Institute
Vanderbilt University
William C. Velasquez Institute
