Local Update of Census Addresses (LUCA) -- Feedback and Appeals Process

(Paper Address List Format and
Installing and Starting the MTPS
on reverse side)

2010 Census LUCA Feedback
Computer-readable Address List Format
Getting Started (Options 1 and 2)
1. Insert CD in CD drive
2. Click on the LUCA Feedback User Guide
• (2010LUCAFB_UserGuide_CR_Option1.pdf)
The User Guide is in Adobe Portable Document
Format (PDF). If your computer does not have
software to read a PDF file, use the Adobe PDF
Reader software included on the disk.
Requirements before installing Adobe Reader:
• Windows 98 or higher
• At least 60 MB of available disk space
• 32 MB RAM (64 RAM recommended)
• Requires Internet Explorer 5.01 or higher
• Turn off all anti-virus software before
beginning the installation
• To install Adobe Reader, click on
AdbeRdr60_anu_full.exe and follow the
instructions
3. View or print the LUCA Feedback User Guide
4. Opening address files requires a case-sensitive
password.* Your software may request the following
information:
• Fields are delimited
• Delimiter is pipe ( | )
• Text qualifier is none
• All field types are text
Note: Make password-protected backup copies of all
address files and keep them in a separate folder

Reviewing the Feedback Address Files
1. View or print the Feedback Address Update Summary
Report (PDF Format)
• (Your entity ID_luca_fausr)

9 Review the tallies of actions taken by the Census
Bureau for all of the address updates you submitted
and the total number of address records on your
original Census address list that were deleted
during address canvassing, if any.
*If you misplaced or did not receive a LUCA feedback
password, contact your Census Bureau Regional
Census Center toll free at
 1-866-511-LUCA (5822)
or the Technical Help Desk toll free at
 1-866-919-LUCA (5822)
Form D-1763

Quick Reference Guide
2. View or print the Detailed Feedback Address List
• (Your entity ID _luca_dfal)

9 In order to efficiently review this list, view or print
the Detailed Feedback Address List Processing
Codes in Chapter 4 of the User Guide to
determine what specific action was taken by the
Census Bureau for each address update you
submitted.

9 If you wish to file an address appeal, follow the
instructions in Chapter 5 of the User Guide for
flagging and extracting records from your Detailed
Feedback Address List.
3. View or print the Detailed Feedback Address Count
Challenge List
• (Your entity ID _luca_dfaccl)

9 Review this list if you challenged address counts
for blocks within your jurisdiction and to identify
census blocks where address counts decreased,
if any.

9 Review the Full Address List to determine which,
if any, addresses you believe are missing.

9 If you wish to file an address appeal, follow the
instructions in Chapter 5 of the User Guide for
adding addresses to your Appealed Addresses
File.
4. View or print the Full Address List
• (Your entity ID _luca_full_al)

9 Review the Full Address List to identify all of the
residential addresses currently recorded in the
Census Bureau’s MAF/TIGER Database (MTDB).
5. View or print the Full Address Count List
• (Your entity ID _luca_full_acl)

9 Review the Full Address Count List to determine
the current residential address count for each
census block within your jurisdiction.

Getting Started (Option 3)
1. Follow the instructions Getting Started for Options 1
and 2, numbers 1 through 3.
2. Follow the instructions in the Reviewing the
Feedback Address Files section, step number 1.

Filing an Address Appeal (Options 1 and 2 only)
1. You are eligible to file an address appeal if you:

9 Returned address additions or corrections
9 Challenged the count of addresses in one or more
census blocks

9 Certified to the Census Bureau that your 2010
Census Address List was correct and required no
update
2. Identify addresses that are eligible for appeal

9 Addresses eligible for appeal on the Detailed
Feedback Address List are identified by the Census
Processing Codes “A8,” “A10,” ”C6,” “C9,” and “X1”
3. Flag and extract records from the Detailed Feedback
Address List

9 Enter an “R” in the Address Appeal Flag field for
address records you believe should be reinstated
4. Add address records missing from previously
challenged blocks

9 Create a new record or insert a new row for each
added address

9 Enter an “A” in the Address Appeal Flag field
9 Number added address records sequentially in
ascending order
5. Prepare supporting documentation

9 Submit written documentary evidence in paper form
following the instructions in Chapter 5 of the User
Guide
9 Only submit documentation specific to the
addresses you are appealing
9 Provide information that demonstrates the accuracy
of your address reference sources
6. Ship appeal materials to the 2010 Decennial Census
LUCA Appeals Staff

9 Prepare a cover letter describing your appeal
9 Provide contact information
9 Double wrap all address materials
9 Label according to instructions
9 Ship using the provided FedEx label to the LUCA
Appeals Staff
7. Return or destroy your Census Bureau Title 13, U.S.C.
Confidential Address Materials according to the
instructions in Chapter 6 of the User Guide.

2010 Census LUCA Feedback
Paper Address List Format
Reviewing the Feedback Address Materials
1. Feedback Address Update Summary Report

9 Review the tallies of actions taken by the Census
Bureau for all of the address updates you submitted
and total number of address records on your
original Census address list that were deleted
during address canvassing, if any.
2. Detailed Feedback Address List

9 In order to efficiently review this list, view or print
the Detailed Feedback Address List Processing
Codes in Chapter 4 of the User Guide to determine
what specific action was taken by the Census
Bureau for each address update you submitted.

9 If you wish to file an address appeal, follow the
instructions in Chapter 5 of the User Guide for
flagging and extracting records from your Detailed
Feedback Address List.
3. Detailed Feedback Address Count Challenge List

9 Review this list if you challenged address counts for
blocks within your jurisdiction, and to identify
census blocks where address counts decreased, if
any.

9 Review the Full Address List to determine which, if
any, addresses you believe are missing.

9 If you wish to file an address appeal, follow the
instructions in Chapter 4 of the User Guide for
adding addresses to your Appealed Addresses File.
4. Full Address List

9 Review the Full Address List to identify all of the
residential addresses currently recorded in the
Census Bureau’s MAF/TIGER Database (MTDB).
5. Full Address Count List

9 Review this list to determine the current residential
address count for each census block within your
jurisdiction.

Quick Reference Guide
Filing an Address Appeal
1. You are eligible to file an address appeal if you:

9 Returned address additions or corrections
9 Challenged the count of addresses in one or more
census blocks

9 Certified to the Census Bureau that your 2010
Census Address List was correct and required no
update
2. Identify addresses that are eligible for appeal

9 Addresses eligible for appeal on the Detailed
Feedback Address List are identified by the Census
Processing Codes “A8,” “A10,” ”C6,” “C9,” and “X1”
3. Flag addresses for appeal on the Detailed Feedback
Address List

9 For each eligible address on your Detailed
Feedback Address List that you believe should be
reinstated to the 2010 Census Address List, print an
”R” in the Address Appeal Flag column of that
record.
4. Add addresses missing from previously challenged
blocks

9 Follow the instructions in Chapter 4 of the User
Guide for adding still missing from previously
challenged blocks
5. Prepare supporting documentation

9 Submit written documentary evidence in paper form
following the instructions in Chapter 5 of the User
Guide
9 Only submit documentation specific to the
addresses you are appealing
9 Provide information that demonstrates the accuracy
of your address reference sources

6.Ship appeal materials to the 2010 Decennial Census
LUCA Appeals Staff

9 Prepare a cover letter
9 Provide contact information
9 Double wrap all address materials
9 Label according to instructions
9 Ship using the provided FedEx label to the LUCA
Appeals Staff

7. Return or destroy your Census Bureau Title 13, U.S.C.
Confidential Address Materials according to the
instructions in Chapter 5 of the User Guide.

Installing and Starting the MTPS
Installing the MTPS
1. Start Windows
2. Insert the MTPS Program CD in the CD drive
3. If the Installation Program automatically starts, skip to
Step 5. If the Installation Program fails to begin on its
own, select the Run command from the Start menu.
Type the location of your CD-ROM drive and the word
“setup” (for example, type “d:\setup”)
4. Click OK
5. On the Welcome Screen, click Next
6. On the Select Installation Type window, accept the
default option, “Install MAF/TIGER Partnership
Software and Data for a Single User.” Click Next
7. Follow onscreen instructions. Accept all default
settings
8. When prompted, insert the first Data CD into your CDROM drive. (Most data sets will fit on one (1) CD.)
Click OK
9. If asked on a following window, select “Yes, I want to
restart my computer now.” Click Finish to complete
the setup

Starting the MTPS
1. Select Programs from the Start menu
2. Select MAF/TIGER Partnership Software >
MAF/TIGER Partnership Software 5.2
3. When prompted, select LUCA FB from the available
program list
4. Enter a User Name and Password (If you misplaced
or did not receive a password, contact your Census
Bureau Regional Census Center as listed on the
reverse side)
5. Update your LUCA participant information, if
necessary
6. Select one of two options:
To launch the training program on the CD-ROM, select
“Run the MAF/TIGER Partnership Software Computer
Based Training”
–OR–
To launch the application, select “Go directly to the
MAF/TIGER Partnership Software program”