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These programs were designed by the Department of Justice and other Federal agencies to help protect the Federal and constitutional rights of individuals. 

	16.100 Desegregation of Public Education - Objective: To secure equal educational opportunity for persons regardless of race, color, religion, sex, or national origin. Click here for more information

	16.101 Equal Employment Opportunity - Objective: To enforce Federal laws providing equal employment opportunities for all without regard to race, religion, national origin, or sex. Click here for more information

	16.103 Fair Housing and Equal Credit Opportunity - Objective: The Fair Housing Act provides freedom from discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex or national origin, or handicap in connection with the sale, rental, and financing of housing and other related activities. Click here for more information

	16.104 Protection of Voting Rights - Objective: To provide protection of an individual's right to register and vote in all local, State and Federal elections without discrimination based on race, color, membership in a language minority group, or age. Click here for more information

	16.105 Civil Rights of Institutionalized Persons - Objective: To prevent any government from imposing a substantial burden on the religious exercise of a person residing in or confined to a publicly operated institution. Click here for more information

	16.108 Americans With Disabilities Act Technical Assistance Program - Objective: To ensure that public accommodations, commercial facilities, State and local governments learn the requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act and comply with its requirements. Click here for more information

	16.109 Civil Rights Prosecution - Objective: To significantly reduce police and other official criminal misconduct, and substantially reduce violent activity by private citizens. Click here for more information

	17.301 Non-Discrimination and Affirmative Action by Federal Contractors and Federally Assisted Construction Contractors - Objective: Setting policy, monitoring and evaluating the compliance of Federal contractors with their obligation to ensure non-discrimination and affirmative action in employment without regard to race, religion, color, sex, or national origin. Click here for more information

	17.306 Consumer Credit Protection - Objective: To provide restrictions on the amount of an employee's wages or salary which may be garnisheed. Click here for more information

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	29.001 Clearinghouse Services, Civil Rights Discrimination Complaints - Objective: To serve as a national clearinghouse for information to the public in respect to discrimination or denials of equal protection of the Laws because of race, color, religion, sex, age, disability or national origin. Click here for more information

	30.001 Employment Discrimination_Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 - Objective: To provide for education, technical assistance and enforcement of the Federal prohibition against employment discrimination in the private and public sector based on race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, and disability. Click here for more information

	30.005 Employment Discrimination_Private Bar Program - Objective: To assist individuals who have filed a charge with the Equal Opportunity Commission. Click here for more information

	30.008 Employment Discrimination_Age Discrimination in Employment - Objective: To prohibit arbitrary age discrimination in hiring and other employment practices. Click here for more information

	30.010 Employment Discrimination_Equal Pay Act - Objective: To prohibit sex discrimination in the payment of wages to men and women performing equal work in the same establishment. Click here for more information

	30.011 Employment Discrimination_Title I of The Americans with Disabilities Act - Objective: To provide enforcement of Federal prohibition to prevent employment discrimination against qualified individuals with disabilities. Click here for more information

	84.004 Civil Rights Training and Advisory Services - Objective: To provide technical assistance and training services to school districts to cope with educational problems occasioned by race, gender, and national origin desegregation. Click here for more information

	84.240 Program of Protection and Advocacy of Individual Rights - Objective: To provide grants to Support systems for protection and advocacy for the rights of individuals with disabilities. Click here for more information

	93.001 Civil Rights Compliance Activities - Objective: To ensure equal opportunities for beneficiaries of Federal financial assistance provided by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Click here for more information

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