Sample Documentation

To assist State Administering Agencies in developing a civil rights laws compliance checklist that evaluates the various civil rights requirements that apply to all recipients of federal funding, they may want to review a Sample Civil Rights Compliance Checklist. State Administering Agencies may adopt this checklist, develop their own checklist, or use this checklist to amend their current monitoring procedures.

To assist State Administering Agencies in addressing discrimination complaints, they may want to review a sample policy entitled, Procedures for Responding to Discrimination Complaints from Clients, Customers, Program Participants, or Consumers of the [State Administering Agency] and the [State Administering Agency's] Subrecipients, and a sample policy entitled Procedures for Responding to Discrimination Complaints from Employees of the [State Administering Agency's] Subrecipients under U.S. Department of Justice Grant Programs. State Administering Agencies may use or modify these policies or amend their own procedures for addressing discrimination complaints.