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The Community Relations Service (CRS) is the U.S. Department of Justice's "peacemaker" for community conflicts and tensions arising from differences of race, color, and national origin.
Created by the Civil Rights Act of 1964, CRS is the only Federal agency dedicated to assist State and local units of government, private and public organizations, and community groups with preventing and resolving racial and ethnic tensions, incidents, and civil disorders, and in restoring racial stability and harmony.
CRS facilitates the development of viable, mutual understandings and agreements as alternatives to coercion, violence, or litigation. It also assists communities in developing local mechanisms, conducting training, and other proactive measures to prevent or reduce racial/ethnic tension.
Data about pedestrians killed or injured in crashes involving alcohol can be found in the annual Overview: Traffic Safety Fact Sheet, which can be accessed on the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's National Center for Statistics and Analysis (NCSA) site.
Only those individuals who were included in the nomination package and passed a background check will be allowed to appear on stage.
A member of the OVC staff will contact the selected nominee for their date of birth and Social Security number. The U.S. Department of Justice will use the Social Security number to conduct a background check of all nominees who move forward in the selection process.
Yes. You will receive an automated reply confirming your successful submission.
Yes. If a nominee is not selected to move forward through the tiered review process, OVC will send notification.
After you make your submission—which should include the nominee's e-mail address—an automatic notification is sent to the nominee. The e-mail notification will contain a username and password that the nominee can then use to access the submission you filled out, review it, and then complete the rest of the form.
After you fill out the required fields, you can attach documents to support your submission. All supplementary information may not exceed 10 pages and each file cannot exceed 5 mega bytes (mb) in size. The file types that will be accepted are PDF, DOC, XLS, HTM(L), GIF, JPG, TXT, WPD, and RTF.