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Discrimination will not be tolerated, and persons engaging in such will be subject to disciplinary action. The Department is required to inform applicants and recipients of the offices where complaints of discrimination can be filed (complaints based on discrimination on the basis of marital status, personal appearance, sexual orientation, family responsibilities, source of income, matriculation, or place of residence or business must be filed with one of the D.C. agencies listed below): Agency Address Phone Number D.C. Office of Investigations and Compliance 2146 Georgia Avenue, NW Washington, D.C. 20001 202-673-6964 202-673-4464 (anonymous calls for fraud) D.C. Department of Human Services, Customer Service 645 H Street, NE Washington, D.C. 20002 202-724-5506 D.C. Department of Human Services, IMA Administration Office 645 H Street, NE Washington, D.C. 20002 202-698-3900 D.C. Office of the Public Advocate 2000 14th Street, NW Washington, D.C. 20009 202-673-4413 U.S. Department of Agriculture, Office of Civil Rights 1400 Independence Ave., SW Room 326-W Washington, DC 20050 202-720-5964 (voice and TDD) U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Civil Rights 200 Independence Avenue, SW Room 506F Washington, D.C. 20201 202-619-0403 (voice) 202-619-3257 (TDD) ALL • The Department is required to inform all applicants/recipients of IMA programs of the scope, conditions of eligibility, requirements, opportunity to register to vote, rights and responsibilities, and potential risks, fines, and consequences if program rules are violated. • The Department is required to inform applicants/recipients that some but not all information provided by applicants/recipients and information about eligibility and benefits will be matched regularly with information from various employment databases, including but not limited to those maintained by the D.C. Department of Employment Services(DOES), U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Social Security Administration (SSA), and other states. • The Department is required to inform applicants/recipients of the program provisions regarding fleeing felons and parole violators. The Department is also required to comply and respond to requests for information from law enforcement agencies on fleeing felons, parole violators, and those for whom there is a warrant for arrest. The Department must also disclose information to law enforcement and related authorities consistent with the National Security Act of 1947 and the “Uniting and Strengthening America Act by Providing AppropriateTools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT)” Act of 2001. The Department shall inform applicants/recipients of the Department's legal responsibility to respond to such requests for information (see Section 3.5: Confidentiality and Disclosure of Information in this Chapter). • The Department is required to request data on the race and ethnicity of the households of applicants/recipients, but provision by the customer is voluntary. Although household race and