Funding Disclaimer and Title VI Information

This project was supported in part by grant number 2301TNSCDD from the U.S. Administration for Community Living, Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, D.C. 20201. Grantees undertaking projects with government sponsorship are encouraged to express freely their findings and conclusions. Points of view or opinions do not, therefore, necessarily represent official ACL policy.

This website is supported by the Administration on Community Living, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services as part of a financial assistance award totaling $1,470,950 with 77 percent funded by ACL/HHS and $440,500 and 23 percent funded by state appropriation. The contents are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent the official views of, nor an endorsement by ACL/HHS or the U.S. Government.

Title IV of Civil Rights Act

The Tennessee Council on Developmental Disabilities provides equal opportunity and access to its programs and activities by the public, and in its hiring and employment practices. The Council prohibits discrimination in all activities on the basis of race, color, creed, religion, sex, national origin, age or disability. The Council adheres to the state’s affirmative action and workplace harassment programs, and promotes the full realization of equal opportunity in every aspect of personnel policy and practice in the employment, development, advancement and treatment of employees. The Council , our subrecipients and contractors shall make available any Title VI compliance report to be reviewed by the Tennessee Human Rights Commission (THRC) upon request.

Questions about TNCDD grant compliance with Title VI should be made to Alicia Cone at (615) 253-1105 or Alicia.cone@tn.gov.

Below: "Understanding and Abiding by Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964" Video by the U.S. Dept. of Justice