Title VI of the Civil Rights Act provides that no person in the Unites States shall, on the grounds of race, color, or national origin, be excluded from participation, be denied the benefits of or be otherwise subjected to discrimination under any program or activity receiving federal financial assistance. Pursuant to , the Office of Civil Rights (OCR) conducts program reviews, provides recommendations to assure compliance and adequately supports the Texas Department of Transportation’s (TxDOT) Transportation Planning and Programming Division Title VI requirements and activities. TPP adheres to any Department-wide goals/policies set by the Administration or OCR, and are very open to any suggestions made by OCR staff members or the Title VI Interdisciplinary Team.

TPP’s Title VI Liaison will be responsible for maintaining, updating, publishing and reporting on a quarterly basis, or as required by OCR, any language assistance provided or requested in the previous year, using the LEP Data Collection Report. If there was not any assistance provided, they will report by email that there were no instances of assistance provided or requested during the reporting time to the Business Operations Administrator (BOA).