Civil Rights Grievance Procedure

Center for Survivors (CFS) complies with federal laws and MDHHS contract provisions that prohibit discrimination based on religion, race, color, national origin, age, sex, height, weight, marital status, disability, gender identification or expression, sexual orientation, partisan considerations, or genetic information.

All individuals including clients, customers, program participants, or consumers of DVS subrecipients have the right to participate in programs and activities operated by the DVS subrecipients regardless of race, sex, religion, age, national origin, color, height, weight, marital status, gender identification or expression, sexual orientation, partisan considerations, history of alcohol or drug use, arrest record, or a disability or genetic information.

Grantees must provide written notification that they do not discriminate based on the above categories. This written notification must be consistent with applicable federal and state laws, and they
must be provided to program beneficiaries and employees as well as prospective program beneficiaries and employees.

For program beneficiaries/clients, these notifications are shared on the website and will be included in the survivor packet that CFS physically hands off to clients and emails.

For employees, they are shared on the website and included in the CFS Policy and Procedures, which are distributed to each new employee upon onboarding.