[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 45, Volume 4]
[Revised as of October 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 45CFR1225.8]

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                        TITLE 45--PUBLIC WELFARE
 
       CHAPTER XII--CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE
 
PART 1225_VOLUNTEER DISCRIMINATION COMPLAINT PROCEDURE--Table of Contents
 
      Subpart B_Processing Individual Complaints of Discrimination
 
Sec.  1225.8  Precomplaint procedure.


    (a) An aggrieved person who believes that he or she has been subject 
to illegal dicrimination shall bring such allegations to the attention 
of the appropriate Counselor within 30 days of the alleged 
discrimination to attempt to resolve them. The process for notifying the 
appropriate Counselor is the following:
    (1) Aggrieved applicants, trainees or Volunteers who have not 
departed for overseas assignments, or who have returned to Washington 
for any administrative reason shall direct their allegations to the EO 
Director for assignment to an appropriate Counselor.
    (2) Aggrieved trainees or Volunteers overseas shall direct their 
allegations to the designated Counselor for that post.
    (3) Aggrieved applicants, trainees, and Volunteers applying for, or 
enrolled in ACTION domestic programs shall direct their allegations to 
the designated Counselor for that Region.

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    (b) Upon receipt of the allegation, the Counselor or designee shall 
make whatever inquiry is deemed necessary into the facts alleged by the 
aggrieved party and shall counsel the aggrieved party for the purpose of 
attempting an informal resolution agreeable to all parties. The 
Counselor will keep a written record of his or her activities which will 
be submitted to the EO Director if a formal complaint concerning the 
matter is filed.
    (c) If after such inquiry and counseling an informal resolution to 
the allegation is not reached, the Counselor shall notify the aggrieved 
party in writing of the right to file a complaint of discrimination with 
the EO Director within 15 calendar days of the aggrieved party's receipt 
of the notice.
    (d) The Counselor shall not reveal the identity of the aggrieved 
party who has come to him or her for consultation, except when 
authorized to do so by the aggrieved party. However, the identity of the 
aggrieved party may be revealed once the agency has accepted a complaint 
of discrimination from the aggrieved party.