Arizona Administrative Code › Title 6 - ECONOMIC SECURITY › Chapter 1 - DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC SECURITY › Article 5 - CIVIL RIGHTS › Section R6-1-501 - Civil Rights

Current through Register Vol. 30, No. 28, July 12, 2024
A.
				Statement of compliance: Pursuant to the provisions of the Civil Rights Act of
				1964, no person in the state of Arizona will be excluded from participation in,
				denied the benefits of, or subjected to discrimination under assistance
				payments programs on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, or national
				origin. The Department shall administer such programs in accordance with the
				laws, regulations, policies, and practices enumerated in the subsections
				below.
B. Definition of compliance:
				The Department shall follow policies and practices including, but not limited
				to, those described below.
1. No individual
				will, on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, or national origin, be denied
				any benefit provided under an assistance payment program, or be provided a
				benefit which is different, or in a different manner, from that provided to
				others under the same program.
2.
				No individual will, on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, or national
				origin, be subjected to segregation or separate treatment in any manner related
				to receipt of any benefit under an assistance payments program, nor will an
				individual be restricted in any way from any advantage or privilege enjoyed by
				others receiving benefits under the same program. This includes any distinction
				with respect to spaces provided for service, waiting rooms, and restrooms.
				Neither will separate times be set aside on the basis of race, color, religion,
				sex, or national origin for the provision of assistance.
3. Employees of the Department will not be
				assigned caseloads or clientele on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, or
				national origin of the persons being assisted.
4. Criteria or methods of administration
				shall not subject individuals to discrimination or defeat or substantially
				impair the objectives of an assistance payments program on the basis of the
				individual's race, color, religion, sex, or national origin.
5. The Department shall conduct assistance
				payments programs in accordance with the requirements of existing laws and
				regulations, which shall extend not only to those activities which are
				conducted directly by the Department but also to all related activities which
				are conducted by other agencies, institutions, organizations, political
				subdivisions, and vendors.
6. The
				Department shall maintain records and submit reports as required by federal
				authorities to assure compliance with regulations. During normal business hours
				of the Department, access will be permitted to its facilities, records, and
				other sources of information as may be pertinent to as certain compliance with
				regulations.
7. The Department will
				make available to applicants, recipients, and public officials that information
				required by federal authorities to appraise such persons of the protections
				against discrimination assured them by the Civil Rights Act of 1964.