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Officials say undercount hurt Aurora schools, health services and police hiring
Summary
An agency official told Telemundo Chicago the alleged census undercount has affected school programs, health services, infrastructure projects and the city’s ability to hire police officers, which officials say contributed to service gaps.
An agency official on the broadcast described a range of services the city says were affected by an apparent census undercount, singling out school programs, public health, infrastructure and public safety as areas that lost resources.
“Está afectando programas de la escuela, programas de salud, infraestructura, la seguridad, no hemos podido contratar nuevos policías,” the agency official said on-air. The broadcast connected those program disruptions to the city’s contention that its population was underreported in 2020, and that the undercount reduced formula-driven funding.
The report tied the service impacts to both a one-time estimated loss the program cited and to ongoing annual revenue effects. Broadcasters and officials did not provide an independent audit of the fiscal calculations during the segment; figures were presented as the city’s claim.
