Civil Rights Compliance in the Child Nutrition

Transcript:Civil Rights Compliance in the Child Nutrition:
Civil Rights Compliance in the Child Nutrition Programs AND HOUSEHOLD PROGRAMS Agenda Overview/refresher on Civil Rights (CR) topics General State and local-level CR compliance What are Civil Rights? Civil rights are the nonpolitical rights of a citizen; the rights of personal liberty guaranteed to U.S. citizens by the 13th and 14th Amendments to the U.S. Constitution and Acts of Congress. Civil Rights Concepts Stereotyping Prejudice Discrimination FOR MORE INFO US Dept of Justice website: www.usdoj.gov US Dept of Agriculture Office of Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights website: www.ascr.usda.gov Federal Civil Rights Laws and Regulations Title VI and subsequent legislation defined federal authority to protect against discrimination in our programs USDA codified these laws into departmental civil rights regulations at 7 CFR 15 Civil Rights Laws Title VI – Civil Rights Act of 1964 Race, color, national origin Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 Sex Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 Disability Americans with Disabilities Act Disability Civil Rights Laws Age Discrimination Act of 1975 Age Civil Rights Restoration Act of 1987 Race, color, national origin Program statutes and regulations Race, color, national origin, sex, age and disability For More Info… FNS CR Instruction 113 can be found under “laws and regulations” on the USDA Food and Nutrition Service Office of Civil Rights website: www.fns.usda.gov/cr USDA and FNS CR Authority Regulations FNS followed by writing assurances into program regulations and FNS CR Instruction 113 List of federal CR authorities in FNS 113 Section II SNP CR regulatory citations in FNS 113 Appendix B Who’s Obligated to Comply All programs and activities of a recipient of Federal financial assistance, whether those programs are federally funded in whole or not. 8 AREAS OF COMPLIANCE Assurances Public Notification System Data Collection Training Compliance Reviews Civil Rights Complaints Limited English Proficiency Equal Opportunity Rule CR Compliance in FNS Programs CR laws and regulations define eight areas of compliance Today we’ll discuss these as they apply in the FD programs For More Info… FNS CR Instruction 113 Section X and Appendix B Assurances Required for agreements at every operating level Retailer Federal State Local Subrecipient Additional information in program appendices For More Info… FNS CR Instruction 113 Section IX and Appendix B Public Notification All FNS assistance programs must include a public notification system with three elements: Program availability Applicants, participants, potential eligibles, community leaders, grassroots and referral organizations Rights/Responsibilities/Steps needed to