ERIC Number: ED496716
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2004-Sep
Pages: 54
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Funding Federal Civil Rights Enforcement: 2005
Butler, Margaret
US Commission on Civil Rights
The year 2004 marks 40 years since Congress passed the Civil Rights Act of 1964, and 50 years since the two historic Brown v. Board of Education cases. In recognition of the anniversaries, Americans are gathering to take stock of how much has been accomplished, and how much yet must be done to ensure equality for all. The substandard conditions in which many minority citizens still live makes it imperative that agencies charged with enforcing the laws that protect civil rights possess sufficient funding to do so. The United States Commission on Civil Rights's Office of Civil Rights Evaluation (OCRE), over a period of years, has reviewed data relevant to civil rights enforcement funding, staffing, and workload levels. This year, OCRE analyzed data representing fiscal years 1994 to 2005 for: (1) the U.S. Department of Education (DOEd), Office for Civil Rights (OCR); (2) the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), Civil Rights Division (CRD); (3) the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office for Civil Rights (OCR); (4) the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); (5) the U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP); and (6) the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity (FHEO), which includes the Fair Housing Assistance Program (FHAP) and the Fair Housing Initiatives Program (FHIP). OCRE also analyzed each agency's civil rights goals and output evaluation factors for 2003 and 2004. (Contains 41 tables, 8 figures, and 52 footnotes.)
Descriptors: Equal Opportunities (Jobs), Human Services, Civil Rights Legislation, Compliance (Legal), Access to Education, Access to Health Care, Federal Government, Public Agencies, Agency Cooperation, Peer Evaluation, Trust Responsibility (Government), Civil Rights, Housing
US Commission on Civil Rights. Publications Office, 624 Ninth Street NW, Room 600, Washington, DC 20425. Tel: 202-376-8128; e-mail: publications@usccr.gov; Web site: http://www.usccr.gov/pubs/pubsndx.htm
Publication Type: Reports - Evaluative
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: Commission on Civil Rights, Washington, DC.
Identifiers - Location: United States
Identifiers - Laws, Policies, & Programs: Civil Rights Act 1964
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