[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 24, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2003]
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[CITE: 24CFR8.54]

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                 TITLE 24--HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
 
PART 8--NONDISCRIMINATION BASED ON HANDICAP IN FEDERALLY ASSISTED PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT--Table of Contents
 
                         Subpart D--Enforcement
 
Sec. 8.54  Notice.

    (a) A recipient that employs fifteen or more persons shall take 
appropriate initial and continuing steps to notify participants, 
beneficiaries, applicants, and employees, including those with impaired 
vision or hearing, and unions or professional organizations holding 
collective bargaining or professional agreements with the recipient that 
it does not discriminate on the basis of handicap in violation of this 
part. The notification shall state, where appropriate, that the 
recipient does not discriminate in admission or access to, or treatment 
or employment in, its federally assisted programs and activities. The 
notification shall also include an identification of the responsible 
employee designated pursuant to Sec. 8.53. A recipient shall make the 
initial notification required by this paragraph within 90 days of July 
11, 1988. Methods of initial and continuing notification may include the 
posting of notices, publication in newspapers and magazines, placement 
of notices in recipients' publications, and distribution of memoranda or 
other written communications.
    (b) If a recipient publishes or uses recruitment materials or 
publications containing general information that it makes available to 
participants, beneficiaries, applicants, or employees, it shall include 
in those materials or publications a statement of the policy described 
in paragraph (a) of this section. A recipient may meet the requirement 
of this paragraph either by including appropriate inserts in existing 
materials and publications or by revising and reprinting the materials 
and publications.
    (c) The recipient shall ensure that members of the population 
eligible to be served or likely to be affected directly by a federally 
assisted program who have visual or hearing impairments are provided 
with the information necessary to understand and participate in the 
program. Methods for ensuring participation include, but are not limited 
to, qualified sign language and oral interpreters, readers, or the use 
of taped and Braille materials.