Office for Civil Rights
U.S. Department
of Health and Human Services
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. The OCR has a national headquarters and ten
regional offices.
Website: www.hhs.gov/ocr
National
Headquarters
Richard
Campanelli, Director
Office for Civil
Rights, U.S. Department of Health and Human
Services
200 Independence
Avenue, S.W., Room 509F HHH Bldg.
Washington, D.C.
20201
Region VIII -
Denver (Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, South
Dakota, Utah, Wyoming)
Velveta Howell,
Regional Manager
Office for Civil
Rights, U.S. Department of Health and Human
Services
1961 Stout
Street, Room 1426 FOB
Denver, CO
80294-3538
Voice: (303) 844-2024
Fax: (303) 844-2025
TTY: (303) 844-3439
Related
Links:
Questions &
Answers: Communicating with Hearing-Impaired
Individuals
(Attachment B2)
Website: www.hhs.gov/ocr/pregrant/attachb2.html
How to Establish
Effective Communication Procedures for Persons
with Limited English Proficiency and for Persons
with Impaired Hearing, Vision, or Speech
(Attachment B)
Website: www.hhs.gov/ocr/pregrant/attachb.html
Colorado
Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
1575 Sherman Street, 2nd Floor •
Denver, CO 80203
TTY: 303-866-4734 • Voice: 303-866-4824 • Fax:
303-866-4831
Email: Deaf.Commission@state.co.us • Website: www.ColoradoDeafCommission.Com
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