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In accor­dance with Fed­er­al law and U.S. Depart­ment of Agri­cul­ture (USDA) civ­il rights reg­u­la­tions and poli­cies, this insti­tu­tion is pro­hib­it­ed from dis­crim­i­nat­ing on the basis of race, col­or, nation­al ori­gin, sex, age, dis­abil­i­ty, and reprisal or retal­i­a­tion for pri­or civ­il rights activ­i­ty. (Not all pro­hib­it­ed bases apply to all pro­grams.) Pro­gram infor­ma­tion may be made avail­able in lan­guages oth­er than Eng­lish. Per­sons with dis­abil­i­ties who require alter­na­tive means of com­mu­ni­ca­tion for pro­gram infor­ma­tion (e.g., Braille, large print, audio­tape, and Amer­i­can Sign Lan­guage) should con­tact the respon­si­ble State or local Agency that admin­is­ters the pro­gram or USDA’s TAR­GET Cen­ter at (202) 720‑2600 (voice and TTY) or con­tact USDA through the Fed­er­al Relay Ser­vice at (800) 877‑8339.

To file a pro­gram dis­crim­i­na­tion com­plaint, a com­plainant should com­plete a Form AD-3027, USDA Pro­gram Dis­crim­i­na­tion Com­plaint Form, which can be obtained online at https://​www​.ocio​.usda​.gov/docu…, from any USDA office, by call­ing (866) 632‑9992, or by writ­ing a let­ter addressed to USDA. The let­ter must con­tain the com­plainan­t’s name, address, tele­phone num­ber, and a writ­ten descrip­tion of the alleged dis­crim­i­na­to­ry action in suf­fi­cient detail to inform the Assis­tant Sec­re­tary for Civ­il Rights (ASCR) about the nature and date of an alleged civ­il rights vio­la­tion. The com­plet­ed AD-3027 form or let­ter must be sub­mit­ted to USDA by:

(1) Mail: U.S. Depart­ment of Agri­cul­ture, Office of the Assis­tant Sec­re­tary for Civ­il Rights, 1400 Inde­pen­dence Avenue SW, Wash­ing­ton, D.C. 20250 – 9410; or (2) Fax: (833) 256‑1665 or (202) 690‑7442; or (3) Email: program.​intake@​usda.​gov.