Ensuring Civil Rights During The COVID-19 Response

On April 14, 2020, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) issued a Civil Rights Bulletin, “Ensuring Civil Rights During the COVID-19 Response,” to clarify best practices for state, local, tribal, and territorial governments to anticipate and attend to civil rights concerns during the COVID-19 response and recovery. The bulletin emphasizes that government entities must ensure services are provided in a just and inclusive manner without consideration of various demographic characteristics including, but not limited to, race, ethnicity, gender, age, and disability . . .