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Fair Housing Services

Agency: Family Housing Advisory Services, Inc.

Investigates discrimination in housing as related to rental, sales, and lending transactions.Inservice programs on fair housing laws for housing providers, human service agencies, etc.Public education to help the public understand how the Fair Housing Laws protect people.Community program development to address housing discrimination.Information on...

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Housing Services

Agency: US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)

Subsidized housing, fair housing, homelessness resources and discrimination concerns.

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Ombudsman

Agency: Lincoln City Offices

Assistance for people who want to register complaints or have other concerns with departments of city government.Title VI compliance official investigating, documenting all constituent reports of discrimination by StarTran, Lincoln's public transit services and other divisions that have contact with the public.Administers the city's online service ...

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Legal Services

Agency: Iowa Legal Aid

Free legal assistance with civil legal problems involving basic necessities for low-income individuals in all 99 Iowa counties.  Assistance ranges from providing counsel and advice to representation before various agencies and courts.Community legal education presentations offered, as well as over 20 printed booklets on various legal topics; a wide...

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Civil Rights Group

Agency: Anti-Defamation League (Plains States)

Civil rights/human relations agency fighting anti-Semitism and all forms of bigotry.Monitors hate crimes and hate incidents.Anti-bias and diversity training for businesses, schools, and law enforcement professionals.Civil rights complaints and response.Interfaith relations.Hate crimes victim support.Holocaust education and general information about...

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Discrimination Assistance

Agency: Offutt AFB Equal Opportunity Office

Handles complaints of unlawful discrimination or sexual harassment.Human relations education.Mediation for any level of conflict resolution.Team building exercises.

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Disability Discrimination Assistance

Agency: Disability Rights Iowa

Disability Rights Iowa is federally funded, as part of the nation-wide protection and advocacy system created by federal law, to serve people with developmental disabilities, mental illnesses, and other disabilities. Disability Rights Iowa may assist with abuse, neglect, education, employment, housing, or denial of services.DOES NOT help with divor...

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Disability Rights Information and Advocacy

Agency: Disability Rights Nebraska

Protection of individuals with disabilities when their civil and human rights are denied, especially those who are most vulnerable or who learn, live, or work in isolated, segregated, or congregated settings.Legal advocacy, investigation, and representation to eligible persons whose disability related cases meet priorities set by our Board of Direc...

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Disability Rights Nebraska

Agency: Buffalo County Citizen Advocacy

Recruits and supports citizens to act as advocates to speak out for and support those with developmental disabilities in long-term, one-on-one relationships.

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Help Center

Agency: Multicultural Coalition

Assists minority clients (immigrant, refugees, vulnerable populations) with case management of five areas: food security, employment, mental and physical health care access, housing and immigration legal status. May help resolve any issue for a newcomer, either on-site or with the assistance of our partnering organizations and businesses.Clients ca...

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Constitutional/Civil Rights Services

Agency: American Civil Liberties Union of Nebraska

Protects civil liberties of all citizens including freedom of expression, religious liberty, right to privacy and equal protection under the law.Reviews claims of violations of constitutional freedoms.

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Discrimination Assistance

Agency: Nebraska Equal Opportunity Commission

Safeguards the rights of all employed persons in the State to obtain and hold employment without discrimination resulting from one or more of the protected basis of race, color, national origin, religion, sex (including pregnancy), disability, marital status, age, retaliation, or equal pay.Eliminates unlawful discrimination in the acquisition, owne...

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Constitutional/Civil Rights Groups

Agency: Cedar Rapids Civil Rights Commission

Investigates complaints in employment, housing, credit, education and public accommodations alleging discrimination on the basis of age, color, creed, mental or physical disability, national origin, race, religion, sex ,sexual orientation, familial status, marital status, or gender identity.

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Discrimination Assistance

Agency: Davenport Civil Rights Commission

Enforces the Davenport Civil Rights Ordinance that prohibits unlawful discrimination against persons in protected classes in the areas of employment, public accommodation, housing, credit, and education.  The ordinance is enforced through a complaint process and the Commission staff provides civil rights education in the community.  The program ser...

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Discrimination Assistance - Des Moines

Agency: Iowa-Nebraska National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

NAACP is a national representative organization for black Americans and other minorities, and thus protects the rights of all people regardless of race, creed, or color. Des Moines Chapter (National Association for Advancement of Colored People): Meeting locations vary - call for information.

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Constitutional/ Civil Rights Group

Agency: City of Sioux City

The Sioux City Human Rights Commission (SCHRC) is a neutral fact-finding agency that investigates complaints of discrimination.We only investigate cases of alleged discrimination that have both occurred in Sioux City and within the last 300 days.If the issue occurred outside city limits, we can make a referral to an appropriate agency.

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Constitutional/Civil Rights Services

Agency: Iowa Civil Rights Commission

Statewide agency that receives complaints of discrimination on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, creed, mental or physical disability, familial status (in housing and credit), marital status (in credit), pregnancy, age, sexual orientation, gender identity or sex. The Commission has jurisdiction in the areas of employment, educati...

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Advocacy Services - Latino Affairs

Agency: Iowa Department of Human Rights

Serves as an ongoing resource for Iowans of Latino heritage, government agencies, businesses and other entities in the state, helps to remove barriers for Latino Iowans and bridge the existing cultural, language and services gaps by assisting public and private groups to develop inclusive strategic plans, programs and initiative and to implement th...

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Discrimination Assistance - Cedar Rapids

Agency: Iowa-Nebraska National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

Purpose is to end racial discrimination for all. Civic, youth, education. Assists minority under-privileged youth, low income, elderly and multi-problem persons. Provides advocacy, job referrals, counseling, assistance with resumes. Provides positive role models and mentorship.

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Discrimination Assistance

Agency: Waterloo Commission on Human Rights

Provides education and outreach services; receives, investigates, and acts on alleged discrimination complaints; and provides referrals to Iowa Civil Rights Commission.

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