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The Criminal Justice Coordinating Council (CJCC) is carrying forward the need for a comprehensive and unified strategy to combat all forms of trafficking by functioning as the coordinating agency for the management of the Statewide Human Trafficking Task Force. The task force promotes a statewide, multidisciplinary approach to combating all forms of human trafficking and other initiatives. The DHS Special Victims Unit, found on page 39, also supports this effort.

TANF Purpose #1: Provide assistance to needy families so that children may be cared for in their homes or in the homes of caretaker relatives. Funding Source: Federal Funds

C. Civil Rights

No applicant for or recipient of benefits or services provided by the Georgia Department of Human Services (DHS) Division of Family and Children Services (DFCS) shall be subjected to unlawful discrimination in the application for or receipt of benefits and services.

The Georgia Department of Human Services complies with applicable federal civil rights laws and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, disability, religion, or sex. DHS does not exclude people or treat them differently because of race, color, national origin, age, disability, religion, or sex.

The Georgia Division of Family and Children Services:

• Provides free aid and services to people with disabilities to communicate effectively with us, such as: • Qualified sign language interpreters • Written information in other formats (large print, audio, accessible electronic formats, other formats) • Provides free language services to people whose primary language is not English, such as: • Qualified interpreters • Information written in other languages

The aforementioned requirements apply to individuals, childcare facilities, and other agencies or organizations to which DFCS makes referrals or from which services are purchased.

The legal authority that ensures equitable participation in federally funded programs is provided, in part, from Title VI of the Civil Rights Acts of 1964, Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (Section 504), the Americans with Disabilities Act, and the Age Discrimination Act of 1975. DFCS policy also prohibits unlawful discrimination in its administration of TANF.

D. Americans with Disabilities Act and Section 504

The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and Section 504 affords civil rights protections to