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APPENDIX D
TITLE VI COMPLAINT PROCEDURES
In accordance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Civil Rights
Restoration Act of 1987, the Indianapolis MPO does not discriminate based on
race, color, national origin, sex, religion, or disability.
I. Overview and Mission Statement
The Department of Metropolitan Development was designated as the Metropolitan
Planning Organization for the Indianapolis Urbanized Area in the early 1970s. Prior to
that, regional transportation planning activities began in 1962 for the Regional Study
Area1. Since then the Metropolitan Planning Area has expanded to include all or
portions of eight counties: Marion, Hamilton, Hendricks, Shelby, Morgan, Johnson,
Hancock and Boone. The Indianapolis Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO)
provides regional transportation planning services for all jurisdictions within the
Metropolitan Planning Area2.
Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and its implementing regulations require all
agencies receiving federal funding to develop and implement plans to ensure that no
one is discriminated against on the basis of race, color, national origin, gender, age or
handicap/disability in the administration of federal programs.
The purpose of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 is to prohibit programs that receive
federal funds from discriminating against participants or clients on the basis of race,
color, national origin, gender, age or handicap/disability. The intent of the law is to insure
that all persons, regardless of their ace, color, national origin, gender, age or
handicap/disability, are allowed to participate in these federally funded programs. To
insure the Indianapolis MPO and it’s subrecipients meet their compliance responsibility,
the following procedures have been established to provide for monitoring of Title VI
compliance activities and complaint processing in all programs, directly or indirectly
responsible to the Indianapolis MPO, all of which receive federal funding in whole or
part.
II. Scope
The Indianapolis MPO reaffirms it’s policies to afford all individuals the chance to
participate in federally financially assisted programs and adopts the following provision:
“No person in the United States shall, on the grounds of race, color, national
origin, gender, age or handicap/disability be excluded from participation in, be
denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any program or
activity receiving federal assistance”
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1 The Regional Study Area was comprised of Marion County, Carmel and Greenwood
2 Map of the MPA is found in Appendix B
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