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Office for Civil Rights, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Mission statement:

The Department of Health and Human Services, through the Office for Civil Rights, promotes and ensures that people have equal access to and opportunity to participate in and receive services in all HHS programs without facing unlawful discrimination. Through prevention and elimination of unlawful discrimination, the Office for Civil Rights helps HHS carry out its overall mission of improving the health and well-being of all people affected by its many programs. This mission is communicated throughout the Department and is reflected in the customer service nondiscrimination objectives that have been developed in the Department's strategic plan. Ensuring the nondiscriminatory provision of services funded by or provided directly by the Department is a continuing challenge to all of the Department's employees.

Contact Information:

Office for Civil Rights, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
200 Independence Avenue, S.W., Room 509F HHH Bldg.
Washington DC 20201

Internet address: http://www.hhs.gov/ocr/

Phone number(s):

(800) 368-1019

Related topics:

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• DISCRIMINATION
• EMPLOYMENT ISSUES
• LAW ENFORCEMENT
• LEGAL ISSUES
• WELFARE

NWHIC record number O-3809