By SCOTT HADLY

Census Bureau taps children, telenovela to get word out

In a move to track down uncounted Spanish-speakers, the U.S. Census Bureau is traveling to schools and telling children to explain the once-a-decade headcount to their parents. And the Census Bureau has enlisted a Spanish-language soap to include the census theme as a story line.

If fearful immigrants refuse to be counted, it could cost towns and cities much-needed government money.

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