ADA and EEO Notices

Americans with Disabilities Act and Equal Opportunity Notice

Boulder County wants to ensure that everybody has access to our facilities, programs, services and digital assets. The following information is provided should you feel that you do not have access and would like to contact us for accommodations.

ADA Notice

It is Boulder County policy to make county programs, meetings, activities, services, websites and digital assets are accessible to individuals with disabilities, according to the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). In order to provide special services, such as interpreters or provide special materials in special formats, the county needs to be informed of individual’s special needs. To publicize the availability of services and to ensure that requests are timely made, all public notices, advertisements, brochures and similar materials shall include information directing individuals needing special assistance to the ADA Coordinator.

Please view our step-by-step Complaint Procedures and Instructions.

Special Assistance

If you need special assistance, contact the ADA Coordinator at 303-441-1386 at least 72 hours before the scheduled event.

Colorado Relay Services number: 800-659-2656.

County Facilities

Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) requires that Boulder County make county facilities, programs, and services accessible to persons with disabilities in accordance with the standards of the ADA. If you feel that you have not been able to access a Boulder County facility, program, or service because of a lack of accessibility or that you have been discriminated against because of your disability, please contact us using the ADA Complaint Form or contact information listed below.

Boulder County Facility ADA Complaint Form (for facilities, programs or services)

For ADA concerns with organizations outside of Boulder County, please contact the Department of Justice at 1-800-514-0301.

County Website

Website Accessibility Statement

Boulder County strives to make its website and digital content accessible to all users. The county is engaged in ongoing efforts to ensure its website and digital content are accessible to individuals with disabilities and comply with the rules promulgated by the Colorado Office of Information Technology. Our goal is to deliver a web experience that achieves “Level AA” conformance according to the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines v2.1 (WCAG 2.1). These guidelines help make web content accessible to users with sensory, cognitive, and mobility disabilities and, ultimately, to all users, regardless of ability.

If you encounter accessibility challenges with the county’s website or digital content, please contact us using the Website/Digital ADA Complaint form or the contact information listed below. The county will never place a surcharge on a particular individual with a disability or any group of individuals with disabilities to cover the cost of providing reasonable modifications to county websites or digital content to address such accessibility challenges.

Boulder County Website/Digital ADA Complaint Form (for website or digital assets)

ADA Coordinator Contact Information

Alexis Ozimek
ADA@bouldercounty.gov
303-441-1386
Monday – Friday
8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Equal Opportunity Notice

It is against the law for this recipient of Federal financial assistance to discriminate on the following bases: against any individual in the United States, on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, and related medical conditions, sex stereotyping, transgender status, and gender identity), national origin (including limited English proficiency), age, disability, or political affiliation or belief, or, against any beneficiary of, applicant to, or participant in programs financially assisted under Title I of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act, on the basis of the individual’s citizenship status or participation in any WIOA Title I–financially assisted program or activity. The recipient must not discriminate in any of the following areas: deciding who will be admitted, or have access, to any WIOA Title I–financially assisted program or activity; providing opportunities in, or treating any person with regard to, such a program or activity; or making employment decisions in the administration of, or in connection with, such a program or activity.

Recipients of federal financial assistance must take reasonable steps to ensure that communications with individuals with disabilities are as effective as communications with others. This means that, upon request and at no cost to the individual, recipients are required to provide appropriate auxiliary aids and services to qualified individuals with disabilities.

What to do if you believe you have experienced discrimination

If you think that you have been subjected to discrimination under a WIOA Title I–financially assisted program or activity, you may file a complaint within 180 days from the date of the alleged violation with either:

Julia Larsen, jlarsen@bouldercounty.gov
Boulder County Equal Opportunity Officer

OR

Director
Civil Rights Center
U.S. Department of Labor
200 Constitution Avenue, NW, Room N-4123
Washington, DC 20210

or electronically as directed on the Civil Rights Center website.

If you file your complaint with the recipient, you must wait either until the recipient issues a written Notice of Final Action, or until 90 days have passed (whichever is sooner), before filing with the Civil Rights Center (see address above). If the recipient does not give you a written Notice of Final Action within 90 days of the day on which you filed your complaint, you may file a complaint with CRC before receiving that Notice. However, you must file your CRC complaint within 30 days of the 90-day deadline (in other words, within 120 days after the day on which you filed your complaint with the recipient). If the recipient does give you a written Notice of Final Action on your complaint, but you are dissatisfied with the decision or resolution, you may file a complaint with CRC. You must file your CRC complaint within 30 days of the date on which you received the Notice of Final Action.

Reference under 29 CFR Part 38.35