This guidance is intended to assist state agencies and program operators of the Child and Adult Care Food Program and Summer Food Service Program in meeting the longstanding federal requirement to collect race and ethnicity data of program participants.
FNA works to ensure all communities in need have access to foods that support health and well-being. Our goal is to ensure program participants have access to culturally and religiously preferred foods and that program operators have resources to best serve their communities.
USDA prohibits discrimination against its employees. USDA employees and applicants for employment who believe they have been subjected to employment discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, reprisal, political affiliation, sexual orientation, marital status, parental status, or genetic information, have the right to file an EEO complaint.
The Civil Rights Division provides leadership and comprehensive protection against discrimination in FNA employment practices and delivery of programs to the public.
This memorandum consolidates and supersedes previous LEP guidance and incorporates previously released USDA and FNA guidance. FNA is issuing this guidance in a Q&A format to provide responses to questions that FNA has received regarding communications with LEP individuals.
This memorandum provides guidance on the processing of discrimination complaints under the Age Discrimination Act of 1975. The Age Act is one of the federal civil rights laws enforced by FNA Civil Rights Division that prohibits age discrimination in programs or activities receiving federal financial assistance.
Civil rights authorities applicable to FNA programs.
Our mission is to ensure compliance with applicable laws, regulations, and policies for FNA customers and employees regardless of race, color, national origin, sex, religion, age, disability, marital or family status, political beliefs, parental status, protected genetic information, or because all or part of an individual’s income is derived from any public assistance program.