Office for Civil Rights
OCR's Mission and Vision
The Department of Health and Human Services, through the Office for
Civil Rights, promotes and ensures that people have equal access to
and opportunity to participate in and receive services in all HHS
programs without facing unlawful discrimination. Through prevention
and elimination of unlawful discrimination, the Office for Civil
Rights helps HHS carry out its overall mission of improving the health
and well-being of all people affected by its many programs.
This mission is communicated throughout the Department and is
reflected in the customer service nondiscrimination objectives that
have been developed in the Department's strategic plan. Ensuring the
nondiscriminatory provision of services funded by or provided directly
by the Department is a continuing challenge to all of the Department's
employees.
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Through excellence in investigations, voluntary dispute resolution,
enforcement, technical assistance, policy development and information
services, OCR will protect the civil rights of all individuals who are
subject to discrimination in health and human services programs.
As an organization of diverse and empowered individuals, OCR, through
partnerships with customers and suppliers, will ensure equality in the
delivery of services to HHS beneficiaries. Working collaboratively
with HHS Operating and Staff Divisions to make civil rights concerns
an integral part of HHS programs, OCR will use its human and technical
resources efficiently to accom plish its mission. The success of OCR's
compliance program will be reflected in the full participation of
persons of diverse backgrounds and capabilities in health and human
services pro grams nationwide.
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Email OCR:ocrmail@hhs.gov
Last revised: April 1995
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