50 WAYS CENSUS DATA ARE USED
- Decision making at all levels of government
- Drawing federal, state, and local legislative districts
- Attracting new businesses to state and local areas
- Distributing over $675 billion annually in federal funds and even more in state funds
- Forecasting future transportation needs for all segments of the population
- Planning for hospitals, nursing homes, clinics, and the location of other health services
- Forecasting future housing needs for all segments of the population
- Directing funds for services for people in poverty
- Designing public safety strategies
- Development of rural areas
- Analyzing local trends
- Estimating the number of people displaced by natural disasters
- Developing assistance programs for American Indians and Alaska Natives
- Creating maps to speed emergency services to households in need of assistance
- Delivering goods and services to local markets
- Designing facilities for people with disabilities, the elderly, or children
- Planning future government services
- Planning investments and evaluating financial risk
- Publishing economic and statistical reports about the United States and its people
- Facilitating scientific research
- Developing "Intelligent" maps for government and business
- Providing proof of age, relationship, or residence certificates provided by the Census Bureau
- Distributing medical research
- Reapportioning seats in the House of Representatives
- Planning and researching for media as background for news stories
- Drawing school district boundaries
- Planning budgets for government at all levels
- Spotting trends in the economic well-being of the nation
- Planning for public transportation services
- Planning health and educational services for people with disabilities
- Establishing fair market rents and enforcing fair lending practices
- Directing services to children and adults with limited English proficiency
- Planning urban land use
- Planning outreach strategies
- Understanding labor supply
- Assessing the potential for spread of communicable disease
- Making business decisions
- Understanding consumer needs
- Planning for faith-based organizations
- Locating factory sites and distribution centers
- Distributing catalogs and developing direct mail pieces
- Setting a standard for creating both public and private sector surveys
- Evaluating programs in different geographic areas
- Providing genealogical research
- Planning for school projects
- Developing adult education programs
- Researching historical subject areas
- Determining areas eligible for housing assistance and rehabilitation loans
HOUSE NUMBERS
Do you have your blue reflective house number sign? Offered free at the McKean Township Municipal Building....we are open Monday through Friday 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. This helps the local EMS and firefighters find your house in the event of an emergency....stop in and pick yours up TODAY
McKean Community Park Veterans Wall Expansion
Did you miss your opportunity to purchase a brick the first time around?
If you want to remember your loved one who has served or is serving in the military, preserve their name in stone forever. The Committee is expanding the wall for a limited time only. The cost is $25 per brick. The wall consists of individual veteran's names engraved on each brick and may contain the veteran's military branch information. We thank you for your interest and support in this wall of memory and recognition. You need not be a McKean Resident to buy a brick. This offer is open to all veterans. Spaces are limited. As of May 2017, there are 130 bricks still available!!!!
Brick Form.pdf
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NOW ACCEPTING SEWER PAYMENTS ONLINE!
McKean Township is now collecting sewer payments online. Pay anytime day or night. Click on the button below and follow the directions on the secure site.
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