• I. General
  Information
• II. Preaward
  Requirements
• III. Postaward
  Requirements
• IV. Organization
  Structure
• 
  V. Appendices

Chapters:

• 2.1 Application Process
  • Eligible Recipients
  • Program Announcements
  • Nondiscrimination Requirements
  • Intergovernmental Review
  • Application Submittal
  • Application Review
  • Financial Analysis
  • Certifications
  • Seat Belt Use
  • Text Messaging While Driving
  • Tribal Eligibility—Government Discount Airfare
• 2.2 Acceptance of Award and Award Conditions
  • Award Notification and Acceptance Procedures
  • Special Conditions
  • Federal Obligation Process
  • Automated Clearinghouse Enrollment
• 2.3 Standards for Financial Management Systems
  • Accounting System
  • Total Project Cost Budgeting and Accounting
  • Commingling of Funds
  • Recipient and Subrecipient Accounting Responsibilities
  • Contracting with Small and Minority Businesses
  • Supplanting

2.1 Application Process

Nondiscrimination Requirements

Non-discrimination assurance: You must assure and certify on the applicable awarding agency assurance form that you and your subrecipients are in compliance with all civil rights nondiscrimination requirements. These assurances and certifications are made by signing an assurances form that addresses various cross-cutting federal requirements, including those prohibiting unlawful discrimination. The applicable form typically is referenced in the program solicitation, and signed during the application process (electronically for most programs).

Office for Civil Rights: The DOJ Office for Civil Rights (OCR) ensures that recipients of financial assistance from OJP, OVW, and COPS Office comply with federal laws that prohibit discrimination in both employment and the delivery of services or benefits based on race, color, national origin, sex, religion, and disability. In addition, federal law prohibits recipients of federal financial assistance from discriminating on the basis of age in the delivery of services or benefits. Recipients of financial assistance from OVW are prohibited from discriminating on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity, either in employment or in the delivery of services or benefits. For more information see the OCR website https://ojp.gov/about/offices/ocr.htm.

Discrimination findings: Additional responsibility in the event of a finding of discrimination:

• You must send a copy of the hearing findings to OCR.
• This responsibility will apply to you if you are a recipient of Federal funds and a Federal or State court or administrative agency finds through a due process hearing that you have, or a subrecipient or a contractor has, unlawfully discriminated.

Other civil rights requirements: Depending on the size of your organization, how much federal funding you receive, and the program under which you receive funds, you (and your subrecipients in certain cases) may be required to submit an Equal Employment Opportunity Plan to OCR. If you are awarded Federal funds, more specific information on civil rights compliance, including requirements regarding submission of Equal Employment Opportunity Plan will be provided in your award documents. For additional information see www.ojp.usdoj.gov/about/ocr/eeop.htm.