Non-Discrimination Notice

Notification about Non-Discrimination and Accessibility

Notification about Non-Discrimination and Accessibility
Family Residences and Essential Enterprises, Inc. (FREE) complies with applicable Federal civil rights laws and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, disability, or sex. FREE does not exclude people or treat them differently because of race, color, national origin, age, disability, or sex.

FREE provides free aids and services to people with disabilities to communicate effectively with us, including qualified sign language interpreters and written information in other formats (large print, audio, accessible electronic formats, other format,) and provides free language services to people whose primary language is not English, including qualified interpreters and information written in other languages.

If you need language services, please ask the FREE employee with whom you are working to contact his/her program or department manager.

If you believe that FREE has not adequately provided these services or discriminated in another way on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, disability, or sex, you can file a grievance with the agency’s Chief Administrative Officer/Compliance Officer, Anita Dowd-Neufeld, by phone, e-mail, postal mail, or in person at FREE’s Headquarters.

Anita Dowd-Neufeld, Chief Administrative Officer/Compliance Officer
Family Residences and Essential Enterprises, Inc.
191 Bethpage-Sweet Hollow Road
Old Bethpage, NY 11804-1314
Phone: 516-870-1600
E-mail: adowd@familyres.org

John Best, SPHR, SHRM-SCP, Senior Vice President of Human Resources
Family Residences and Essential Enterprises, Inc.
191 Bethpage-Sweet Hollow Road
Old Bethpage, NY 11804-1314
Phone: 516-870-1600
E-mail: jbest01@familyres.org

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 at:

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
200 Independence Avenue, SW Room 509F, HHH Building
Washington, D.C. 20201

or by phone to 1-800-368-1019 or TTY to 800-537-7697. Complaint forms are available at http://www.hhs.gov/ocr/office/file/index.html. FREE is dedicated to helping individuals of all abilities realize their full potential.

If you have a complaint related to FREE’s transportation services you can file a grievance with the Transportation Manager, Gary Glass, by phone, email, postal mail, or in person at FREE’s Headquarters.

Gary Glass, Transportation Manager
Family Residences and Essential Enterprises, Inc.
191 Bethpage-Sweet Hollow Road
Old Bethpage, NY 11804-1314
Phone: 516-870-7088
Email: gglass01@familyres.org

John Best, SPHR, SHRM-SCP, Senior Vice President of Human Resources
Family Residences and Essential Enterprises, Inc.
191 Bethpage-Sweet Hollow Road
Old Bethpage, NY 11804-1314
Phone: 516-870-1600
E-mail: jbest01@familyres.org

You can also file a transportation related grievance with:
Federal Transit Administration
FTA Office of Civil Rights, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE
Washington, DC 20590

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