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OFFICE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS i Office or Justice Programs U.S. Department of Justice 810 7th Street, NW Wushi igton, DC 20531 Tel: (202) 307.0690 77Y: (202).307.2027 E.maik ask0cRrQusdojgov Website: www.ojp.usdaj.gav /ocr August t6,2016 Ms. Lisa gotten County of Orange. 10 Civic Center Plaza Santa Ana, CA 92701 Page 2 of 20 Dcar Ms. Bartlett: Congratulations an yourmceut uward In establishing financial assistancc programs, Congress linked the receipt or federal Raiding to Compliance with federal civil rights laws. The Offim for Civil Rights (OCR), Office of.instice Programs (OUP), US. Department of Justice (DOJ) is responsible forensming that recipients o f tmencon assistance fhgm the OJP, the Office o rCommumfY Oriented Policing Services (COPS), mid the Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) comply with the npplicabfe federal civil rights laws. We at the OCRnre available to help you and your organizet on meet the civil rights requirements that Como with Doi Fuming. Ensm4ng Access to Cederally Assisted Programs Federal laws tbut apply to recipients of Financial assistance from the DOd prohibit discrhntm¢imt on the basis of rank, color, national origin, hav, also sex, or disability to Pondcd discriminating or 0ctivdies, -not Only in employment but also in the delivery orsiovhu s or benaflts. A. Federal law also prohibits roaipients Erato discdminating, pn the basis mirage In the delivery- ofsCtwices :or benefits. , - -- in Marbly of2013, President (lama signed the Violence Against Women Rcauthorizahon Act uF2013, The statute amends the Vtatetmo Against Women Actofl994 (VAWA) by including a nondiscrimination grant condition that prohibits discrimination bused an actual or Perceived race, color national origin, religion, sox, disability, aoeoai orientation, or gender identity. The Dew hondiscridtinatjon grant - condidov applies to certain programs flinded after October 4 2043. The OCR and the OVW [lavedevelopbd meavers tosone fmquendy ula d questions about this provision to asaistrecipients of VAWA funrLs tp understand their obligations. - Tha>?requently Askeel Questions are available at littp:!! <yp.gov /nbotiNocr /vawaFngs.hFm. - o Bnrareing Civil Rights Laws All recipients ort¢deral financial assistance, regardless o f tine particular funding source; the anoint critic grant eimird, or the arinlar of are the m the workforce, are subject to Prohibitions against nnlnwiiri discrimination. Accordingly, the OCR iM1vesrigetes recipients that are the sab)ect of dlsertminatinn complaints from both individuals and groups. Fn addition, based on criteria, the OCR selects a number of recipients eaehyou for compliance teviews, audits that require recipients to submit data shoving that they are providing, services equitably to all segments me their service population and that titeirentpioyment practices meet equal opportunity standards, 25H -27