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Equal Employment Opportunity Federal Financial Assistance Programs Programs or activities receiving federal financial assistance must comply with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, prohibiting discrimination on the basis of race, color or national origin; Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, which prohibits discrimination against qualified individuals with disabilities; and the Age Discrimination Act, which prohibits discrimination on the basis of age. Education programs or activities that receive federal financial assistance also must comply with Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 prohibits employment discrimination on the basis of sex. These laws are enforced by the Civil Rights Center. Section 188 of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (WIA) protects applicants, employees, and participants in any WIA Title I-financially assisted program or activity, and in programs and activities that are part of the One-Stop system. Section 188 bars discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or political affiliation or belief. It also protects any beneficiary from discrimination based on either that beneficiary's citizenship, or his or her participation in any WIA Title I-financially assisted program or activity. This law is enforced by the Civil Rights Center. Compliance
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