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MS 0210 [1] Volume 1 – General Administration MS 0210 – R. 6/1/26 – OMTL – 696 Civil Rights Overview [In accordance with Federal law, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) and United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) policies, the Department for Community Based Services (DCBS) and contracted vendors cannot discriminate against any person in the provision of services and benefits based on race, color, national origin, disability, age, sex, and religious and political beliefs.] A. Policies and practices must conform to the following statutes: 1. [Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which protects individuals from discrimination based on race, color, or national origin in any program or activity that receives federal funding. Specific discriminatory actions prohibited under Title VI include the following if the action is based on race, color, or national origin:] a. Providing services that are more limited in scope or lower in quality; or b. Limiting participation in a program. 2. [Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 protects qualified individuals with a disability from discrimination in the provision of any benefit or service provided under any program or activity that receives federal funding. Discriminatory actions prohibited under this authority may include the following if the action is based on disability:] a. Denying a qualified individual with a disability any aid, benefit, or service that is provided to others. b. Providing different or separate aid, benefits, or services to a qualified individual with a disability, unless such action is necessary to ensure that the aid, benefit, or service is equally effective as those provided to others. 3. [Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990 and the ADA Amendments Act of 2008 prohibit discrimination based on disability in programs and activities of all state and local governments. Specific discriminatory actions may include the following if the action is based on disability:] a. Imposing eligibility criteria that screen out or tend to screen out an individual with a disability from fully or equally enjoying any program or activity unless such criteria are shown to be necessary. b. Providing a qualified individual with a disability with an aid, benefit, or service that is not as effective in affording equal opportunity to gain the same result or reach the same level of achievement as that provided to others. c. [Denying an individual with a disability an equal opportunity to obtain