Civil Rights
The Office for Civil Rights ensures that recipients of financial assistance from OJP and its components are not engaged in prohibited discrimination. The primary objective in accomplishing this mission is to secure prompt and full compliance with all civil rights laws and regulations so that needed Federal assistance may commence or continue.
Contacts
OCR Main Line: 202-307-0690
Fax: 202-616-9865
TDD/TTY: 202-307-2027
OCR E-mail: askOCR@ojp.usdoj.gov
Resources
- Memorandum Regarding Post 9/11 Violence, Threats, and Discrimination Against Arab-Americans and other Americans of Middle Eastern and South Asian Descent
- Equal Treatment for Faith-Based Organizations
- Employment Practices
- Nonprofits without 501(c)(3) status eligible to receive funding
- More than Rules: How Equal Treatment of Faith-Based NGOs Can Expand Services to America's Needy
- Review Panel on Prision Rape
