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Notice of Nondiscrimination

Notice of Nondiscrimination

As a recipient of Federal financial assistance, UNITED AMERICAN INDIAN INVOLVEMENT complies with applicable Federal civil rights laws. It does not exclude, deny benefits or services to, or otherwise discriminate against any person or treat them differently because of race, color, or national origin, or on the basis of disability, age, or sex in admission or access to, participation in, treatment or employment in, or receipt of services and benefits of any of its programs and activities, whether carried out directly or through a contractor or any other entity with whom United American Indian Involvement arranges to carry out its programs, services or activities.

UNITED AMERICAN INDIAN INVOLVEMENT:

  • Provides free aids and services to people with disabilities to communicate effectively with us, such as: Qualified sign language interpreters and written information in other formats (large print, audio, accessible electronic formats, other formats)
  • When required by law, provides free language services to people whose primary language is not English, such as: Qualified interpreters and information written in other languages.
If you need these services, you may contact the UNITED AMERICAN INDIAN INVOLVEMENT as follows:

Bill Abbott
UNITED AMERICAN INDIAN INVOLVEMENT
1453 W. Temple Street
Los Angeles, CA 90026
Phone: (213) 202-3970
email: wabbott@uaii.org

If you believe that UNITED AMERICAN INDIAN INVOLVEMENT has failed to provide these services when required or discriminated in another way on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, disability, or sex, you can file a grievance with:

Bill Abbott
UNITED AMERICAN INDIAN INVOLVEMENT
1453 W. Temple Street
Los Angeles, CA 90026
Phone: (213) 202-3970
email: wabbott@uaii.org

You can file a grievance in person, by mail, or by email. If you need help filing a grievance, the UNITED AMERICAN INDIAN Involvement is available to assist you.

You can also file a civil rights complaint with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office for Civil Rights, electronically through the Office for Civil Rights Complaint Portal, available at https://ocrportal.hhs.gov/ocr/portal/lobby.jsf, or by mail or phone at:

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
200 Independence Avenue SW
Room 509F, HHH Building
Washington, D.C. 20201
1-800-368-1019, 800-537-7697 (TDD)

Complaint forms are available at http://www.hhs.gov/ocr/office/file/index.html

You will not be retaliated against or punished for making a complaint under this policy to the United American Indian Involvement or any government official.

This statement is in accordance with the provisions of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Age Discrimination Act of 1975, Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act of 2010, and Regulations of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services issued pursuant to the Acts, Title 45 Code of Federal Regulations Part 80, 84, 91 and 92. (Other Federal Laws and Regulations provide similar protection against discrimination on grounds of sex and creed).