[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 7, Volume 4]
[Revised as of January 1, 2005]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 7CFR247.19]

[Page 419]
 
                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
    CHAPTER II--FOOD AND NUTRITION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
 
PART 247_COMMODITY SUPPLEMENTAL FOOD PROGRAM--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 247.19  Nondiscrimination.

    (a) Requirement. The State agency shall comply with the requirements 
of title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the FNS Civil Rights 
Instruction 113-2 and the Department's regulations concerning 
nondiscrimination (7 CFR part 15), including requirements of racial and 
ethnic participation data collection, public notification of the 
nondiscrimination policy, and annual reviews of each local agency to 
assure compliance with such policy, to the end that no person shall, on 
the grounds of race, color or national origin, be excluded from 
participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be otherwise subjected 
to discrimination under the Program.
    (b) Non-English materials and staff. Where a significant proportion 
of the population of the area served by a local agency is composed of 
non-English or limited English speaking persons who speak the same 
language, the State agency shall take action to ensure that Program 
information, except certification forms, is provided to such persons in 
the appropriate language orally and in writing. The State agency shall 
ensure that there are bilingual staff members or interpreters available 
to serve these persons.
    (c) Complaints. Complaints of discrimination filed by applicants or 
participants shall be referred to the Director, Supplemental Food 
Programs Division, Food and Nutrition Service, U.S.D.A., Washington, DC 
20250.

(Approved by the Office of Management and Budget under control number 
0584-0063)

(44 U.S.C. 3506)

[46 FR 6341, Jan. 21, 1981, as amended at 47 FR 746, Jan. 7, 1982]