With the help of federal funding and additional money from eight philanthropies, the NC Counts Coalition assembled 135 civil society organizations from across the state. Through collaboration with those organizations, they were able to find and reach people who are off the grid, because those people know and trust their local faith groups and healthcare workers. NC Counts was able to find and reach immigrant populations, because those populations know and trust the organizations that give them legal aid and housing assistance. They were able to find and reach military families, because those families rely on local civic organizations for help navigating schools and other services in their communities.
From ‘News Deserts’ to ‘Information Oceans’?
