Civil Rights

KCSDV is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate in its employment decisions, training and education, or service practices on the basis of ethnicity, race, color, creed, sex, age, veteran status, disability, national origin, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, religion or on any other basis that would be in violation of applicable federal, state, or local law. This nondiscrimination statement and equal employment information is included in the Employee Handbook, on employment announcements, in public locations in the KCSDV office, and on the KCSDV website with the civil rights complaints’ information. Training on nondiscrimination and civil rights will be provided annually to staff.

This policy applies to all employment, education, and services practices, including recruiting, selecting, hiring, promoting, transferring, training, disciplining, compensating, or any other staffing, rightsizing, or downsizing activity as well as all training and education programming.

A person who believes she/he has been excluded from participation in, denied the benefits of, subjected to discrimination under, or denied any training, education or employment because of ethnicity, race, color, creed, sex, age, veteran status, disability, national origin, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, religion or on any other basis that would be in violation of applicable federal, state, or local law, or has been retaliated against for engaging in protected activity can file a complaint with the KCSDV Executive Director in person, through email, or by mail.

All inquiries and complaints must be in writing and should be addressed to the KCSDV Executive Director, who is the organization’s Civil Rights Liaison. Complaints about the KCSDV Executive Director may be addressed to the President of the Board of Directors.

The KCSDV Executive Director will notify such person of her/his right to file a complaint with any of the following state or federal agencies:

900 SW Jackson, Room 304-N
Topeka, KS 66612
Phone: 785-291-3205

900 SW Jackson
Suite 568-South
Landon Office Building
Topeka, Kansas, 66612
Phone: 785-296-3206
Fax: 785-296-0589
TTY: 785-296-0245
http://www.khrc.net

National Contact Center at 1-800-669-4000 or 1-800-669-6820 (TTY)

Gateway Tower II, 4th & State Avenue, 9th Floor, Kansas City, KS 66101

http://www.eeoc.gov/employees/charge.cfm

US Department of Justice
810 7th Street, NW
Washington, D.C. 20531

http://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ocr/know.html

When notified that a person believes s/he has been discriminated against and wishes to file a complaint, KCSDV’s Executive Director will notify such person that if s/he wishes to file a complaint with KHRC, EEOC, or OCR, that complaint must be filed within the time frames set forth by those agencies as can be found at the links below:

http://www.eeoc.gov/employees/timeliness.cfm

http://www.khrc.net/complaint.html

http://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ocr/qa-complaints.html

Findings from complaints under this civil rights complaints’ procedure will be reported to the Office of Civil Rights and to the Kansas Governor’s Grants Program.