Ill. Admin. Code tit. 89, § 102.20 - Nondiscrimination
a) No individual
participating in any program or activity shall be discriminated against because
of race, color, religious belief, political affiliation, sex, national origin
or handicap.
b) No direct payment
for goods and services provided shall be made to any agency, institution,
organization or individual vendor which initiates or continues prohibited
discriminatory practices.
c)
Information regarding the Department's nondiscrimination policy shall be made
available to all applicants at the time of application, all recipients upon
request, all vendors receiving direct payment from the Department and all other
interested parties as necessary.
d)
Any aggrieved person may file a written complaint of alleged discriminatory
conditions or practices encountered in the Department's programs and
activities.
e) No individual or
household applying for or participating in the Food Stamp Program administered
by the Department shall be discriminated against because of age, race, color,
sex, handicaps, religious creed, national origin, or political beliefs. The
individual/household is not to be discriminated against in any aspect of
program administration, including, but not limited to, the certification of
households, the issuance of coupons, the conduct of fair or fraud hearings, or
the conduct of any other program service.
1)
Individuals who believe that they have been subject to discrimination, as
described in (e) above, may file a written complaint. When an individual
expresses an interest in filing a discrimination complaint, the Department is
to:
A) explain the United States Department
of Agriculture (USDA) complaint procedure, (the procedure is outlined in
7 CFR
272.7(c) ), and
B) explain the Department (IDPA) complaint
procedure, and
C) advise the
individual of the right to file a complaint in either or both the USDA and/or
IDPA complaint systems.
2) Information regarding the Department's
nondiscrimination policy is to be made available to all households at the time
of application, to any household upon request, and to all other interested
parties as necessary.
Notes
Amended by peremptory rulemaking at 3 Ill. Reg. 11, p. 39, effective March 1, 1979
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