Office for Civil Rights
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The Office for Civil Rights is a U.S. Department of Justice component responsible for ensuring that recipients of federal justice-related funding comply with civil rights laws and nondiscrimination requirements.
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
civil rights enforcement office
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federal government agency component → |
| activity |
conducting civil rights investigations of DOJ grant recipients
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developing civil rights guidance for DOJ-funded programs → issuing findings of civil rights compliance or noncompliance → negotiating voluntary compliance agreements → providing civil rights training and outreach to funding recipients → |
| complianceMechanism |
administrative enforcement of civil rights statutes
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conditioning continued receipt of federal funds on civil rights compliance → |
| country |
United States of America
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| enforces |
Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (as applied to DOJ-funded programs)
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Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act (as applied to DOJ-funded programs, where applicable) → Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (as applied to DOJ-funded programs) → federal nondiscrimination provisions tied to DOJ grant programs → |
| fundingContext |
Department of Justice grant programs
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federal justice-related financial assistance → |
| jurisdiction |
federal government of the United States
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| legalMandate |
federal civil rights laws
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federal nondiscrimination requirements → |
| oversightArea |
color discrimination in DOJ-funded programs
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disability discrimination in DOJ-funded programs → national origin discrimination in DOJ-funded programs → race discrimination in DOJ-funded programs → religion discrimination in DOJ-funded programs (where covered by funding statutes) → sex discrimination in DOJ-funded programs (where covered by funding statutes) → |
| parentOrganization |
United States Department of Justice
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| partOf |
United States Department of Justice
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| primaryFunction |
enforce nondiscrimination requirements in DOJ-funded programs and activities
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ensure compliance with civil rights laws by recipients of federal justice-related funding → |
| responsibility |
civil rights compliance reviews of grant recipients
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investigation of civil rights complaints involving DOJ-funded programs → monitoring nondiscrimination in justice-related programs receiving federal funds → oversight of civil rights compliance by recipients of Department of Justice financial assistance → technical assistance to funding recipients on civil rights compliance → |
| sector |
justice
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| subjectOf |
Department of Justice civil rights enforcement policies related to grants
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civil rights compliance guidance for DOJ grant recipients → |
| websiteType |
official U.S. government website
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| worksWith |
educational and community organizations receiving DOJ justice-related funding
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local criminal justice agencies → nonprofit organizations receiving DOJ grants → recipients of federal justice-related funding → state criminal justice agencies → |
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| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
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Office of Justice Programs
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