| (a) Each recipient, except small recipients and service
providers, shall designate a senior-level employee (29 CFR §38.29)
to act as EO Officer and to report directly to the recipient's administrative
officer. The recipient's executive director shall not be designated
as the recipient's EO Officer.
(b) Each recipient's EO Officer shall:
(1) serve as the recipient's liaison with the State-Level
EO Officer; the Board EO Officer, if appropriate; and the CRC, if
necessary;
(2) conduct annual monitoring and investigate the recipient's
WIOA Title I--funded subrecipients to ensure that the recipient and
its subrecipients are not violating nondiscrimination and equal opportunity
provisions of WIOA §188 (29 USCA §3248), 29 CFR Part 38,
and the state NDP;
(3) review the recipient's written policies to ensure
that those policies are nondiscriminatory;
(4) coordinate the recipient's compliance activities
under WIOA §188 (29 USCA §3248) and 29 CFR Part 38;
(5) assist complainants in completing complaint forms;
(6) be responsible for accepting discrimination complaints,
and forwarding such complaints to the Agency or other jurisdictional
entity;
(7) conduct outreach and education about equal opportunity
and nondiscrimination requirements; and
(8) undergo, at the recipient's expense, nondiscrimination
and equal opportunity training to maintain competency when such training
is required by CRC or the Agency.
(c) Each recipient shall provide to the State-Level
EO Officer the name, position title, address, and telephone number
of the individual appointed as the recipient's EO Officer, as well
as the job description of the position detailing the EO Officer's
responsibilities and the staff and resources available.
(d) Although small recipients are not required to designate
EO Officers who have the full range of responsibilities, each small
recipient must designate an individual who will be responsible for
developing and publishing complaint procedures and processing complaints
as required by 29 CFR §§38.69 - 38.76.
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