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The Emerging Partnership in Human Service Civil Rights Enforcement.
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Dotson, Betty Lou – Journal of Intergroup Relations, 1983
Describes the objectives and activities of the Department of Health and Human Services' Office of Civil Rights (OCR) within the purview of the Reagan administration's civil rights policy. Describes OCR methodologies designed to ensure enforcement of nondiscrimination requirements in state implementation of programs under federal block grants. (MJL)
Descriptors: Black Colleges, Block Grants, Civil Rights, Federal Aid
Questioning the New Right's Diagnosis of Social Ills.
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Roberts, Clark G. – Journal of Intergroup Relations, 1981
States that the indifference of public policy to human rights issues is illustrated by severe budget cuts in essential program areas such as the National Institute for Mental Health, the Legal Services Corporation, school lunches, social security, and education for the handicapped. Considers strategies for minimizing destructive effects of current…
Descriptors: Budgeting, Civil Liberties, Economic Climate, Federal Programs
Age Discrimination: An Overview of the Older Americans Act Program.
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Jenkins, Melvin – Journal of Intergroup Relations, 1983
The Age Discrimination Study by the Commission on Civil Rights and investigations by agencies for the aging indicated that older minority group members (1) were often victims of both age and racial/ethnic discrimination in federally funded programs, (2) were underserved, and (3) were seldom represented in planning for services for the elderly.…
Descriptors: Age Discrimination, Ethnic Discrimination, Federal Programs, Minority Groups