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.

 

WIOA prohibits discrimination 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.

 

It is against the law for this recipient of Federal financial assistance to discriminate on the following bases:

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• 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 recipients 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: 

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Leanna Eckhoff
Jefferson/Franklin Region WDB EO Officer
3675 West Outer Rd., Suite 201
Arnold, MO 63010

(636) 524-8593 | Missouri Relay Services at 711.
leckhoff@jeff-frankjobs.com 

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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

danielle.smith@dhewd.mo.gov

Phone: (573) 751-2428 | Fax: (573) 751-4088 Missouri Relay Services at 711.

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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

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If you file a complaint at the State or local workforce area, 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 CRC at the above address. If the State or local workforce area does not send a written Notice of Final Action within 90 days of the day on which the complaint was filed, you do not have to wait for the recipient to issue that Notice before filing a complaint with CRC. 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 original complaint with the recipient). If you receive a written Notice of Final Action on your compliant, but you are dissatisfied with the decision or resolution, you may file a complaint with CRC. You must file your CRC compliant within 30 days of the date you received Notice of Final Action.

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