Provides a detailed discussion of the Violence Against Women Act’s (VAWA’s) non-discrimination protections and strategies for strengthening implementation of VAWA’s anti-discrimination protections.
Dynamics, Culture, & Safety > Underserved Populations
Topic: Underserved Populations
[pdf] DOJ: Know Your Rights Title II of the Civil Rights Act of 1964: Non-Discrimination in Public Accommodations (2023) (+)
DOJ know your rights flyer discussing civil rights to access privately owned places open to the general public. Discusses enforcement examples and situations that could occur that violate Title II of the Civil Rights Act’s anti-discrimination protections.
[pdf] DOJ: Enforcement of Nondiscrimination Laws in Programs and Activities That Receive Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act or Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2022 Funding (June 21, 2022) (+)
Attorney General memo requiring that as agencies begin obligating funding under existing programs and implementing newly funded grant programs, there are steps they can take to ensure that public funds are not being used in a discriminatory manner.
[pdf] Executive Order 14091: Further Advancing Racial Equity and Support for Underserved Communities Through the Federal Government (February 16, 2023) (+)
This Presidential Executive Order establishes Equity-Focused Leadership across the federal government, calls for delivering equitable outcomes through government policies, programs, and activities, embedding equity into government-wide processes, delivering equitable outcomes in partnership with Underserved communities, creating economic opportunity in rural America and advancing urban equitable development, advancing equitable procurement and affirmatively advancing civil rights. This Executive Order highlights the need to improve language access and services to underserved communities.
[pdf] Executive Order 13985—Advancing Racial Equity and Support for Underserved Communities Through the Federal Government (January 20, 2021)1 (+)
Presidential Executive Order 13985 was issued to advance racial equity and support for underserved communities through the federal government. This Executive Order lays out the role of the Domestic Policy Council in identifying methods to assess equity and conduct an equity assessment throughout federal government. It allocates resources to advance fairness and opportunity, promotes equitable delivery of government benefits and opportunities, engages underserved communities and establishes an equitable data working group,