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Civil rights requirements associated with OJP awards

This webpage is intended to give applicants for OJP awards a general overview of award requirements that relate to civil rights and nondiscrimination. These requirements will be addressed in several of the "General Conditions" for FY 2023 OJP awards. Certain OJP awards will include additional conditions related to civil rights and nondiscrimination.

Civil rights requirements associated with OJP awards

This webpage is intended to give applicants for OJP awards a general overview of award requirements that relate to civil rights and nondiscrimination. These requirements will be addressed in several of the "General Conditions" for FY 2021 OJP awards. Certain OJP awards will include additional conditions related to civil rights and nondiscrimination.

"General Conditions" for OJP Awards in FY 2023

OJP expects that all (or virtually all) awards made in FY 2023 will include all of the award conditions set out below.

Individual awards typically also will include additional award conditions. Those additional conditions may relate to the particular statute, program, or solicitation under which the award is made; to the substance of the funded application; to the recipient's performance under other federal awards; to...

Award Condition: Civil Rights Compliance Specific to State Administering Agencies (OJP awards made during or before FY 2016)

The following requirements are specifically incorporated by reference in a number of OJP awards to States made during FY 2016 and earlier fiscal years.

Award requirement:

All State Administering Agencies (SAAs) have a responsibility to monitor their subrecipients to ensure that the subrecipients are complying with the federal civil rights laws that are applicable to recipients of federal financial assistance. In accordance with 28 C.F.R. §§...

Award Condition: "Methods of Administration" - Requirements applicable to States (FY 2017 Update)

Posted: September 2017

The following award condition is specifically incorporated by reference in a number of OJP awards to States made during or after FY 2017. (To determine whether this condition applies to a particular OJP award to a State, refer to the conditions that accompany the award document.)

Award Condition: 

An OJP award is a form of "federal financial assistance."  As a result, the...

Civil rights requirements associated with OJP awards

October 2019

This webpage is intended to give applicants for OJP awards a general overview of award requirements that relate to civil rights and nondiscrimination. These requirements will be addressed in several of the "General Conditions" for FY 2020 OJP awards. Certain OJP awards will include additional conditions related to civil rights and nondiscrimination.

"General Conditions" for OJP Awards in FY 2020

May 2020

OJP expects that all (or virtually all) awards made in FY 2020 will include all of the award conditions set out below.

Individual awards typically also will include additional award conditions. Those additional conditions may relate to the particular statute, program, or solicitation under which the award is made; to the substance of the funded application; to the recipient's performance under other federal...