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Department of Health and Human Services
Grant-Related Materials
| Grant-related civil rights statutes covering recipients of federal
financial assistance from HHS |
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- Title VI of the Civil
Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. § 2000d et seq.
- Title IX of the Education
Amendments of 1972, 20 U.S.C. § 1681 et seq.
- Stewart B. McKinney Homeless
Assistance Act, 42 U.S.C. § 290cc-33
Covers programs for the transition of persons from homelessness.
Prohibits discrimination based on sex and religion.
- Comprehensive Alcohol Abuse and
Alcoholism Prevention, Treatment, and Rehabilitation Act or 1970, 42 U.S.C. § 290dd-1
Covers various alcohol abuse, education,
and prevention programs.
Prohibits discrimination based on substance abuse.
- Alcohol and Drug Abuse and Mental
Health (ADAMHA) Services Reorganization Act, 42 U.S.C. § 290ff-1(e)(2)(C)
Covers programs concerning children with serious emotional disturbance.
Prohibits discrimination based on race, religion, national origin, sex, disability,
or age.
- Health Professions Education Extension
Amendments of 1992, 42 U.S.C. § 295m
Covers certain assistance to various medical education institutions.
Prohibits discrimination in admissions based on sex.
- Nurse Training Act of 1971, 42 U.S.C. §
296g
Covers assistance to schools of nursing. Prohibits discrimination
in admissions based on sex.
- Public Health Service Act of 1944, as
amended, 42 U.S.C. § 300w-7
Covers programs funded under the Preventive Health and Health Services
Block Grants. Prohibits discrimination based on age, handicap, race, color, national
origin, and religion.
- ADAMHA Services Reorganization Act, 42
U.S.C. § 300x-57
Covers programs funded under Block Grants regarding Mental Health and
Substance Abuse. Prohibits discrimination based
on age, handicap, sex (including, in
the case of a women, on the ground that the woman is
pregnant), race, color, national
origin, or religion.
- Maternal and Child Health Services Block
Grant, 42 U.S.C. § 708
Covers programs under the Maternal and Child Health Services Block
Grant. Prohibits discrimination based on age, handicap, sex, race, color, national
origin, or religion.
- Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Act of
1981, 42 U.S.C. § 8625
Covers programs providing low income energy assistance. Prohibits
discrimination based on race, color, national origin, sex, age, or with respect to an
otherwise qualified handicapped individual.
- Community Economic Development Act of
1981, 42 U.S.C. § 9821
Covers community services programs. Prohibits discrimination based
on race, creed, color, national origin, sex, political affiliation, or beliefs.
- Head Start Act of 1981, 42 U.S.C. §
9849
Covers Head Start Programs. Prohibits discrimination based on
race, creed, color, national origin, sex, political affiliation, or beliefs.
- Community Services Block Grant, as
amended, 42 U.S.C. § 9918
Covers programs funded under the Community Services Block Grant Program.
Prohibits discrimination based on race, color, national origin, sex, age, or with
respect to an otherwise qualified individual with a disability.
- Multiethnic Placement Act, as
amended, 42 U.S.C. § 1996b
Covers adoption programs. Prohibits denial of the opportunity to
become an adoptive or foster parent based on the race, color , or national origin of the
individual or child involved, also includes delay or denial of placement for adoption or
foster care based on the race, color, or national origin, of the adoptive or foster parent
, or of the child, involved.
- Community Schools Youth Services and
Supervision Grant Program Act of 1994, 42 U.S.C. § 13791(g)(3)
Covers programs funded under the Family
and Community Endeavor Schools
Grant Program. Prohibits discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex,
national origin, or disability.
- Family Violence Prevention and Service
Act, 42 U.S.C. § 10406
Covers programs concerning family violence prevention and services.
Prohibits discrimination based on age, handicap, race, color, national origin, sex,
and religion.
- Public Telecommunications Financing Act,
47 U.S.C. § 398(b)
Covers assistance for planning and
construction of public
telecommunications facilities. Prohibits discrimination in employment based on race,
color, religion, national origin, or sex.
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| HHS grant-related civil rights regulations |
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- Title VI Regulations (45 C.F.R. § 80.1 et seq.) (HTML or PDF)
- Title IX Regulations (45 C.F.R. § 86.1 et seq.) (HTML or PDF)
- Regulation for the Administration and Enforcement of Sections
799A and 845 of the Public Health Service Act (45 C.F.R. § 83.1 et seq.) (HTML)
- Regulation for General Administration of the Child Care and
Development Fund (45 C.F.R. § 98.1 et seq.- see §§ 98.46 - 98.47) (HTML)
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