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In accor­dance with Fed­er­al civ­il rights law and U.S. Depart­ment of Agri­cul­ture (USDA) civ­il rights reg­u­la­tions and poli­cies, the USDA its Agen­cies, offices, and employ­ees, and insti­tu­tions par­tic­i­pat­ing in or admin­is­ter­ing USDA pro­grams are pro­hib­it­ed from dis­crim­i­nat­ing based on race, col­or, nation­al ori­gin, reli­gion, sex, gen­der iden­ti­ty (includ­ing gen­der expres­sion), sex­u­al ori­en­ta­tion, dis­abil­i­ty, age, mar­i­tal sta­tus, family/parental sta­tus, income derived from a pub­lic assis­tance pro­gram, polit­i­cal beliefs, or reprisal or retal­i­a­tion for pri­or civ­il rights activ­i­ty, in any pro­gram or activ­i­ty con­duct­ed or fund­ed by USDA (not all bases apply to all pro­grams). Reme­dies and com­plaint fil­ing dead­lines vary by pro­gram or inci­dent.

Per­sons with dis­abil­i­ties who require alter­na­tive means of com­mu­ni­ca­tion for pro­gram infor­ma­tion (e.g., Braille, large print, audio­tape, Amer­i­can Sign Lan­guage, etc.) should con­tact the respon­si­ble Agency or USDA’s TARGET Cen­ter at (202) 720‑2600 (voice and TTY) or con­tact USDA through the Fed­er­al Relay Ser­vice at (800) 877‑8339. Addi­tion­al­ly, pro­gram infor­ma­tion may be made avail­able in lan­guages oth­er than Eng­lish.

To file a pro­gram dis­crim­i­na­tion com­plaint, com­plete the USDA Pro­gram Dis­crim­i­na­tion Com­plaint Form, AD-3027, found online and at any USDA office, or write a let­ter addressed to USDA and pro­vide in the let­ter all of the infor­ma­tion request­ed in the form.

To request a copy of the com­plaint form, call (866) 632‑9992.

Sub­mit your com­plet­ed form or let­ter to USDA by:

Mail:

U.S. Depart­ment of Agri­cul­ture
Office of the Assis­tant Sec­re­tary for Civ­il Rights
1400 Inde­pen­dence Avenue, SW
Wash­ing­ton, D.C . 20250–9410

Fax:

(202) 690‑7442

Email:

program.intake@usda.gov