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OFFICE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS <br />i Office or Justice Programs <br />U.S. Department of Justice <br />810 7th Street,NW <br />Wushhtgton, DC 20531 <br />Tel: (202) 307.0690 <br />77Y: (202).307.2027 <br />E.maik ask0cRrQusdojgov <br />Website: www.ojp.usdaj.gav/ocr <br />August t6,2016 <br />Ms. Lisa gotten <br />County of Orange. <br />10 Civic Center Plaza <br />Santa Ana, CA 92701 <br />Page 2 of 20 <br />Dcar Ms. Bartlett: <br />Congratulations an yourmceut uward In establishing financial asci lana programs, Congress linked thereceipt or federal Raiding to <br />Compliance with federal civil rights laws. The Offim for Civil Rights (OCR), Office of.instice Programs (OUP), US. Department arristice <br />(DOJ) is responsible forensming that recipients o f tmencon assistance fhgm the OJP, the Office o rCommumfy Oriented Policing Services <br />(COPS), mrd the Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) comply with the npplicabfe federal civil rights laws. We at the OCRnre <br />available to help you and your organizet on meet the civil rights requirements that Como with DOJ Harding. <br />Ensm4ng Access to Federally Assisted Programs <br />Federal laws tbut apply to recipients of Financial assistance from the DOJ prohibit discrhntm¢imt on the basis of rank, color, national origin, <br />hav, alsoon, sex, or disability to Pondcd criminal or 0ctivdies,-not Only in employment but also in the delivery orsiovhu s or boneflts. A. Federal <br />law also prohibits roaipients Erato discriminating pn the basis mirage In the delivery-ofsCtwices:or benefits. ,--- <br />in Marbly of2013, President (lama signed the Violence Against Women Rcauthorizahon Act uF2013, The statute amends the Vtatetmo <br />Against Women Actofl994 (VAWA) by including a nondiscrimination grant condition that prohibits discrimination bused an actual or <br />Perceived race, color national origin, religion, sox, disability, aoeoai orientation, or gender identity. The Dew hondiscridtinatjon grant <br />- <br />condidov applies to certain programa flinded after October 4 2043. The OCR and the OVW [lavedevelopbd meavers tosone fmquendy <br />uta d questions about this provision to asaistrecipients of VAWA funrLs tp understand their obligations.-Tha>?requently Askeel Questions <br />are available at littp:!!<yp.gov/nbotiNocr/vawaFngs.hFm. - o <br />Bnrareing Civil Rights Laws <br />All recipients ort¢deral financial assistance, regardless o f tine particular funding source; the anoint critic grant ermtrd, or the atinlar of <br />are the ees <br />m the workforce, are subject to prohibitions against nnlnwHtl discrimination. Accordingly, the OCR ittvesrigetes recipients that <br />are the sab)ect of dlsertminatinn complaints from both individuals and groups. Fn addition, basedoncriteria, the OCR selects a <br />number of recipients eaehyou for compliance teviews, audits that require recipients to submit data shoving that they are providing services <br />equitably to all segments me their service population and that titeirentpioyment practices meet equal opportunity standards, <br />25H-27 <br />