Equal Opportunity Act Statement

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY IS THE LAW

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 (WIOA), on the basis of the
individual’s citizenship status or participation in any WIOA Title I–financially assisted
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
of the event with either the recipient’s Equal Opportunity Officer or the person
designated by the recipient. Complaints may be mailed to the Employment
Development Department or the Civil Rights Center of the Department of Labor at:  

Equal Opportunity Officer
Employment Development Department (EDD)
PO Box 826880, MIC 83
Sacramento, CA 94280  

Or

Director, Civil Rights Center (CRC), Department of Labor
200 Constitution Avenue NW,
Room N–4123
Washington, DC 20210  

Complaints also may be submitted to the EDD by email at EEOmail@edd.ca.gov,
or as directed on the Department of Labor, CRC website at www.dol.gov/crc.

If you file your complaint with the recipient, you must wait until either the recipient
issues a written Notice of Final Action, or 90 days have passed or whichever is sooner,
before fling with the CRC (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 fled your complaint, you do not have to wait for the recipient to
issue that notice before fling a complaint with the 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 fled 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
the CRC. You must file your CRC complaint within 30 days of the date on which you
received the Notice of Final Action.  

The EDD is an equal opportunity employer/program. Auxiliary aids and services are available upon
request to individuals with disabilities. Requests for services, aids, and/or alternate formats need to
be made by calling 866-490-8879 (voice). TTY users, please call the California Relay Service at 711.