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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Is your CACFP up to date with current Federal non-discrimination requirements?<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>Discrimination is different treatment which makes a distinction of one person or a group of persons from others; either intentionally, by neglect, or by the actions or lack of actions based on a protected class.
</i><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">For Federal Food and Nutrition Service programs, complaints are based on one or more of the six Federally protected bases: 1. Race 2. Color 3. National Origin 4. Age 5. Sex (including gender identity and sexual orientation) and 6. Disability.
Maine State Law adds protections for persons with regard to 1. Religion 2. Ancestry and 3. Genetic Information<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">All Federal Child Nutrition Programs operating in the State of Maine
<u>must</u> adopt both Federal and State protected classes.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">As of 2022, the long Federal non-discrimination statement was updated. This policy update is consistent with the Supreme Court’s decision in Bostock v. Clayton County, 140 S. Ct. 1731, 590 U.S. ___ (2020), and applies to prohibitions against
discrimination based on sex in all FNS programs.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Please make sure that your program is compliant with current non-discrimination requirements:<o:p></o:p></b></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1">An updated “And Justice For All” poster will be released. For now, continue to use your current AJFA posters- we will let everyone know when the new posters are available. Remember to display the AJFA poster
in a prominent location for all to view. If you need additional copies of the AJFA poster, please contact Paula Nadeau at
<a href="mailto:paula.nadeau@maine.gov"><span style="color:#0563C1">paula.nadeau@maine.gov</span></a>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1">The most updated version of the Federal non-discrimination statement, or MDOE Child Nutrition’s link to the full statement,
<u>must</u> be used on all hard copies of CACFP materials, IEFs, social media websites (i.e., Facebook), program web pages, public information, including program literature, etc. The current, updated long Federal non-discrimination statement, as well as the
short Federal non-discrimination statement, can be found here: <a href="https://www.maine.gov/doe/schools/nutrition/nondiscrimination">
<span style="color:#0563C1">https://www.maine.gov/doe/schools/nutrition/nondiscrimination</span></a><o:p></o:p></li></ul>
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<o:p> </o:p></p>
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At a minimum, the non-discrimination statement, or a link to it <u>must</u> be included on the home page of the program information.
<o:p></o:p></li></ul>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1">The non-discrimination statement
<u>must</u> be in a font size no smaller than font size used in the rest of the publication.<o:p></o:p></li></ul>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1">You <u>must</u> get prior State Agency approval for use of the short version on any program materials,
<i>except</i> for program menus.<o:p></o:p></li></ul>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1">You <u>must</u> provide appropriate information in alternative formats for persons with disabilities and in the appropriate language(s) for Limited English Proficiency (LEP) persons. Program materials translated
into other languages can be found on our Resources page under the heading “Limited English Proficiency Resources”:
<a href="https://www.maine.gov/doe/schools/nutrition/cacfp/resources"><span style="color:#0563C1">https://www.maine.gov/doe/schools/nutrition/cacfp/resources</span></a>
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<ul style="margin-top:0in" type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1">You <u>must</u> train your staff on Civil Rights in Child Nutrition Programs as part of your annual CACFP In-House Training requirements. The recorded Civil Rights training presentation, as well as the
training slides, can be found on the Resources page of our website under the heading “Civil Rights”:
<a href="https://www.maine.gov/doe/schools/nutrition/cacfp/resources"><span style="color:#0563C1">https://www.maine.gov/doe/schools/nutrition/cacfp/resources</span></a>
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