Policy Chapters and Sections

Grant/Contract Assurance Statement

Chapter: 8 Section: 3.2.1
Effective Date: 4/10/2000
Expiration Date: Continuing
Published Date: 8/17/2021 4:07:32 PM
Status: Current
Version: 1

Tags: Nondiscrimination, Equal Employment Opportunity, Grants, Administration, Fiscal

  1. 29 CFR Part 37.20(a)(1) states:  “Each application for financial assistance under Title I of WIOA, as defined in §37.4, must include the following assurance:
    1. As a condition to the award of financial assistance from the Department of Labor under Title I of WIOA, the grant applicant assures that it will comply fully with the nondiscrimination and equal opportunity provisions of the following laws:
      1. Section 188 of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA), which prohibits discrimination against all individuals in the United States on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, political affiliation or belief, and against beneficiaries on the basis of either citizenship/status as a lawfully admitted immigrant authorized to work in the United States or participation in any WOIA Title I-financially assisted program or activity;
      2. Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended, which prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color and national origin;
      3. Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended, which prohibits discrimination against qualified individuals with disabilities;
      4. The Age Discrimination Act of 1975, as amended, which prohibits discrimination on the basis of age; and
      5. Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1975, as amended, which prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex in educational programs.
      6. The grant applicant also assures that it will comply with 29 CFR Part 37 and all other regulations implementing the laws listed above. This assurance applies to the grant applicant's operation of the WIOA Title I-financially assisted program or activity, and to all agreements the grant applicant makes to carry out the WIOA Title I-financially assisted program or activity. The grant applicant understands that the United States has the right to seek judicial enforcement of this assurance."
    2. This assurance must be included in all of the Department's grants and contracts and must also become a part of all WIOA’s grants, cooperative agreements, contracts, or other financial arrangements.