Equal Opportunity is the LAW

It is against the law for a 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 providing services must not discriminate against customers 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 that you have been subjected to discrimination under a WIOA Title I-financially assisted program or activity, you may file a complaint within 180 days from the date of the alleged violation with either:

LOCAL

Lisa Engelhardt, EO/Fiscal Officer
South Central Workforce Investment Board
408 Washington Avenue, Suite 210
West Plains MO  65775
(417) 257-2630 extension 210

 STATE

Danielle Smith, State WIOA Equal Opportunity Officer
Missouri Department of Higher Education and Workforce Development
Office of Workforce Development
301 W. High Street ~  PO Box 1087 Jefferson City, MO 65102
danielle.smith@dhewd.mo.gov
Phone: (573) 751-2428
Fax: (573) 751-4088
Missouri Relay Services at 711

FEDERAL

The Director, Civil Rights Center (CRC), U.S. Department of Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue NW., Room N-4123, Washington, DC 20210 or electronically as directed on the CRC Web site at www.dol.gov/crc