[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 24, Volume 1]

[Revised as of April 1, 2006]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[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.