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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 2021 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 2023 OJP awards. Certain OJP awards will include additional conditions related to civil rights and nondiscrimination.

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. §§...

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.