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OFFICE OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE PLANNING ASSURANCE OF COMPLIANCE By signing the Grant Proposal/Award Face Sheet and submitting the proposal to the Office of Criminal Justice Planning, the applicant acknowledges awareness of and the responsibility to comply with the following: Title V, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and federal department regulations on its implementation. As a recipient of federal funds, the state of California is required to comply with Title V, section 504, of the federal Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and those regulations of federal departments on its implementation. Section 504 and federal department regulations mandate that all qualified people with disabilities will not be excluded from, denied benefits of, or discriminated against solely on the basis of their disabilities, under any program or activity that receives federal financial assistance. California Government Code, Article 9.5, Sections 11135-11139.5 These sections mandate comprehensive state civil rights regulations that prohibit discrimination or denial of benefits to persons in the state of California who are under programs or activities that are funded by or receive financial assistance from the state. Discrimination and denial of benefits are prohibited on the bases of ethnic group identification, religion, age, sex, sexual preference or physical or mental disability. California Administrative Code, Title 22, Sections 98000-98413. These sections implement California Government Code sections 11135-11139.5 and establish standards for determining who is protected and guidelines for determining what practices are discriminatory. Federal and state agencies have the legal right to seek enforcement of the above items of this assurance of compliance. The assurance is effective as of the date of the proposal and throughout the period during which federal or state funding is extended or during the period of time in which real or personal property, purchased with grant or matching funds, is used after the grant ends.