Title IX Policies and Procedures

privately on the phone and visit privately with guests (within the program rules and regulations), receive and send mail that doesn’t contain prohibited items  To services that help identify and find family and relatives in the United States as well as in foreign countries, and with assistance in legal guardianship when appropriate  To legal services information and resources, including free legal assistance, and to have an attorney (at no expense), as well as the right to a removal hearing before an immigration judge, the right to apply for asylum (meaning protection and safety) or to ask to leave on your own instead of deportation. You will be given a Know Your Rights presentation during your orientation, it will explain all of your legal rights  To contact your consulate of your country within the first two days of coming to this program

Title IX Policy and Procedures

What is Title IX?

Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 (“Title IX”) prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex in any federally funded education program or activity. Sex discrimination includes sex-based harassment, discrimination on the basis of sex, and retaliation related to complaints of sex discrimination. Sex-based harassment is unwelcome conduct which includes both sexual harassment, including but not limited to sexual assault, other forms of sexual violence and other sexual misconduct, and gender-based harassment. This applies to academic, educational, athletic, and residential programs.

What is Different?

The new Title IX regulation holds schools accountable for failure to respond equitably and promptly to sexual misconduct incidents and ensures a more reliable adjudication process that is fair to all students. The Final Regulations specify how recipients (defined as schools, LEAs, postsecondary institutions) of federal financial assistance must respond to allegations of sexual harassment consistent with Title IX’s prohibition against sex discrimination. They further specify how recipients (defined as schools, LEAs, postsecondary institutions) of federal financial assistance must respond to allegations of sexual harassment consistent with Title IX’s prohibition against sex discrimination.

Under Title IX, you have the right:

To receive services free from discrimination on the basis of sex. Sex discrimination can include sex-based harassment, discrimination on the basis of sex, and retaliation related to complaints of sex discrimination. Sex-based harassment is unwelcome conduct which includes both sexual harassment, sexual assault, other forms of sexual violence and other sexual misconduct, and gender-based harassment. If you are a

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victim of sexual misconduct, you have the right to receive access to a fair and reliable legal process.

Title IX Coordinator:

Name: Carrie Foster Phone Number: 303-438-3381 Email: cfoster3@devereux.org Address: 8405 Church Ranch Blvd. Westminster, CO 80021

Title IX Investigator:

Name: Shelly Fitzgerald Phone Number: 303-438-2411 Email: sfitzger@devereux.org Address: 8405 Church Ranch Blvd. Westminster, CO 80021

Title IX Decision Maker:

Name: Bonnie Wright Phone Number: 303-438-2290 Email: bwright7@devereux.org Address: 8405 Church Ranch Blvd. Westminster, CO 80021

Title IX Appeals Coordinator:

Name: Jaclyn Auris Phone Number: 484-947-1099 Email: jauris@devereux.org Address: 8405 Church Ranch Blvd. Westminster, CO 80021

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