Civil Rights/Equal Employment Opportunity Components. A. Civil Rights is the second component of the CRC Plan that must be developed and submitted. The civil rights requirements address non-discrimination in service delivery to clients, consumers, or patients.
1. All Providers must have the following policies and procedures to ensure that no otherwise qualified person shall be excluded form participation in, be denied the benefits of, or otherwise be subject to discrimination in any manner on the basis of race, color, national origin, sexual orientation, religion, sex, disability or age.
2. This policy covers eligibility for and access to service delivery and equal treatment in all programs and activities. All employees of the Providers are expected to support goals and programmatic activities relating to nondiscrimination in service delivery.
B. Equal Employment Opportunity is another part to the second component in the CRC Plan. It addresses the requirements that the Provider must put in place to ensure non-discrimination in all employment conditions. The federal and state laws state that:
1. No otherwise qualified person shall be excluded form employment, be denied the benefits of employment or otherwise be subject to discrimination in employment in any manner or term of employment on the basis of age, race/ethnicity, religion, gender, sexual orientation, color, national origin or ancestry, disability (as defined in Section 504 of the Rehab Act and the Americans with Disabilities Act), arrest or conviction record, marital status, political affiliation, military participation, the use of legal products during non-work hours, non-job related genetic and honesty testing. All employees are expected to support goals and programmatic activities relating to non-discrimination in employment.
2. The Provider shall post the Equal Opportunity Policy, the name of the Equal Opportunity Coordinator and the discrimination complaint process in conspicuous places available to applicants and clients of services, and applicants for employment and employees. The complaint process will be according to Purchaser's policies and procedures and made available in languages and formats understandable to applicants, clients and employees. The Purchaser will continue to provide appropriate translated program brochures and forms for distribution.
3. The Provider agrees to comply with the Purchaser's guidelines in the Civil Rights Compliance Plan Standards and a Resource Manual for Equal Opportunity in Service Delivery and Employment fo...
