EQUAL OPPORTUNITY IS THE LAW
Civil Rights and Limited English Proficiency Policies 2025
It is against the law for the Kenosha Achievement Center, as a recipient of Federal financial assistance, to discriminate on the following basis: 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 that are federally financially assisted, on the basis of the individual’s citizenship/status or participation in any financially assisted program or activity.
The Kenosha Achievement Center must not discriminate in any of the following areas: deciding who will be admitted, or have access, to any 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 (such as Kenosha Achievement Center) 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 financially assisted program or activity, you may file a complaint within 180 days from the date of the alleged violation with either:
- Equal Opportunity Officer
Kristie Matteau, Director of HR & Foundation Relations
1218 79th St., Kenosha, WI 53143
Phone: 262-658-9500
Fax: 262-764-0751
OR
- Susana Vazquez Garcia
Equal Opportunity Officer
Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development
Division of Employment and Training
201 E Washington Ave, Room E 100
PO Box 7972
Madison, WI 53707-7972
(608) 405-4067
TTY access via WI Relay: 711
Email: DETOEOContact@dwd.wisconsin.gov
OR
- 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.
If you file your complaint with Kenosha Achievement Center, 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 Civil Rights Center (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 filed your complaint, you may file a complaint with CRC before receiving that Notice. 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 complaint with the recipient).
If Kenosha Achievement Center 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 CRC. You must file your CRC complaint within 30 days of the date on which you received the Notice of Final Action.
Kenosha Achievement Center is an Equal Opportunity Employer and Service Provider. Auxiliary aids and services are available upon request to individuals with disabilities at no cost to you. If you need this information interpreted to a language you understand or in a different format, please contact Kristie Matteau, Equal Opportunity Officer, at 262-658-9500 or kmatteau@thekac.com. Callers who are deaf or hearing or speech- impaired may reach us at Wisconsin Relay Number 711.
IMPORTANT! This document contains important information about your rights, responsibilities and/or benefits. It is critical that you understand the information in this document, and we will provide the information in your preferred language at no cost to you. Call 262-658-9500 for assistance in the translation and understanding of the information in this document.
¡IMPORTANTE! Este documento contiene información importante sobre sus derechos, responsabilidades y/o beneficios. Es importante que usted entienda la información en este documento. Nosotros le podemos ofrecer la información en el idioma de su preferencia sin costo alguno para usted. Llame al 262-658-9500 para pedir asistencia en traducir y entender la información en este documento.
Kenosha Achievement Center provides this Equal Opportunity Notice in compliance with the final rule of Implementation of the Nondiscrimination and Equal Opportunity Provisions of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act, as published by the Federal Register in 29 CFR § 38.34 and § 38.35.