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The Office of Job Training Programs, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer/program. Auxiliary aids and services are available upon request to individuals with disabilities. Missouri Relay 711
It is against the law for this recipient of Federal financial assistance to discriminate on the following bases:
• Against any individual in the United States, on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, and related medical conditions, sex stereotyping, transgender status, and gender identity), national origin (including limited English proficiency), age, disability, or political affiliation or belief, or,
• against any beneficiary of, applicant to, or participant in programs financially assisted under Title I of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act, on the basis of the individual’s citizenship status or participation in any WIOA Title I-financially assisted program or activity.
The recipient must not discriminate in any of the following areas:
• Deciding who will be admitted, or have access, to any WIOA Title I - financially assisted program or activity;
• providing opportunities in, or treating any person with regard to, such a program or activity; or
• making employment decisions in the administration of, or in connection with, such a program or activity.
Recipients of federal financial assistance must take reasonable steps to ensure that communications with individuals with disabilities are as effective as communications with others. This means that, upon request and at no cost to the individual, recipients are required to provide appropriate auxiliary aids and services to qualified individuals with disabilities.
What to Do If You Believe You Have Experienced Discrimination: If you think you have been subjected to discrimination under a WIOA Title I - financially assisted program or activity, you must file a complaint within 180 days from the date of the alleged violation with either:
Jefferson/Franklin Region WDB EO Officer: Leanna Eckhoff
3675 West Outer Rd., Suite 201 Arnold, MO 63010
(636) 524-8593
Or
Danielle Smith, State OWD EO Officer
Missouri Department of Higher Education and Workforce Development - Office of Workforce Development
301 W. High Street PO Box 1087 Jefferson City, MO 65102
Phone: (573) 751-2428 | Fax: (573) 751-4088 Missouri Relay Services at 71
Or
The Director, Civil Rights Center (CRC)
U.S. Department of Labor 200 Constitution Ave.,
NW, Room N-4123 Washington, DC 20210
Voice: (202) 693-6502, TTY: (202) 693-6515, Fax: (202) 693-6505
If you file your complaint with the recipient, you must wait either until the recipient issues a written Notice of Final Action, or until 90 days have passed (whichever is sooner), before filing with the Civil Rights Center (see address above). If the recipient does not give you a written Notice of Final Action within 90 days of the day on which you filed your complaint, you may file a complaint with CRC before receiving that Notice. However, you must file your CRC complaint within 30 days of the 90-day deadline (in other words, within 120 days after the day on which you filed your complaint with the recipient). If the recipient does give you a written Notice of Final Action on your complaint, but you are dissatisfied with the decision or resolution, you may file a complaint with CRC. You must file your CRC complaint within 30 days of the date on which you received the Notice of Final Action.
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RELATED RESOURCES:
Complaint and Grievance Form - ENGLISH
Complaint and Grievance Form - SPANISH
WIOA General Complaint Form - ENGLISH
WIOA General Complaint Form - SPANISH
Limited English Proficiency Information
United States Department of Labor
United States Equal Opportunity Employment Commission
Missouri Department of Labor - Human Rights Information