QUESTION: How does the Department's equal treatment regulations apply to faith-based and community organizations that manage policy demonstration projects funded by the Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP)?
USDOL published two Final Rules on July 12, 2004, to (1) ensure that USDOL programs and activities are open to all qualified organizations, regardless of their religious character, (2) establish proper uses to which USDOL financial assistance may be put consistent with Constitutional parameters, (3) establish the conditions for receipt of financial assistance, and (4) announce the ability of individuals to choose to purchase religious training from among other options with WIA-funded Individual Training Accounts.
