Excerpt from Funding Federal Civil Rights Enforcement: A Report of the United States Commission on Civil Rights; June, 1995 Introduction Overview of Enforcement Authority Overview of Budget Analysis Office for Civil Rights, Department of Education Enforcement Authority Enforcement Procedures Budget Analysis Office for Civil Rights, Department of Health and Human Services Enforcement Authority Enforcement Procedures Budget Analysis Civil Rights Division, Department of Justice Enforcement Authority Coordination Responsibilities Budget Analysis Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Enforcement Authority Enforcement Procedures Budget Analysis Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity, Department of Housing and Urban Development Enforcement Authority Enforcement Procedures phip and phap Budget Analysis Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs, Department of Labor Enforcement Authority Enforcement Procedures Other Activity Budget Analysis Conclusion. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

The year 2005 marks 40 years since Congress passed the Voting Rights Act of 1965, which was signed into effect by President Lyndon B. Johnson during the height of the Civil Rights Movement. But impediments to voting rights still exist, along with other civil rights problems. It is thus imperative that agencies be given the authority and adequate funding to carry out their civil rights responsibilities. At the same time, agencies must be accountable for achieving results that can justify continued expenditures. The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, over a period of years, has collected and disseminated data relevant to civil rights enforcement funding, staffing and workload levels. This year, the Commission has also collected and reviewed data relevant to agency goals and output evaluation factors for 2003 to 2005, in order to assess whether each program is producing its intended results. Specifically, the Commission requested and obtained data representing fiscal years 1994 to 2006 for the following agencies: (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 and Assistance Program (FHAP) and Fair Housing Initiatives Program (FHIP). This report describes the Commission's findings. (Contains 42 tables, 9 figures, and 69 footnotes.).

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.).