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<br />EMERGENCY SHELTER GRANTS PROGRAM (ESGP) <br /> <br />Contractual Provisions for Inclusion in ESGP Agreements <br />Between Grantees or State Recipients and Primarily <br />Religious Organizations for the Provision of Essential <br />Services and Payment for Operational Costs <br />(Sections 575.2l(a)(2) and (3)). <br /> <br />In addition to, and not in substitution for, other provisions of this <br />agreement regarding the provision of essential services and/or the payment of <br />operational costs for emergency shelters pursuant to the Emergency Shelter <br />Grants Program, the Provider: <br /> <br />1. <br /> <br />2. <br /> <br />represents that it is, or may be deemed to be, a religious or <br />denominational institution or organization or an organization operated for <br />religious purposes which is supervised or controlled by or in connection <br />with a religious or denominational institution or organization; and <br /> <br />agrees that, in connection with such essential services and operational <br />costs: <br /> <br />a. <br /> <br />it will not discriminate against any employee or applicant for <br />employment on the basis of religion and will not limit employment or <br />give preference in employment to persons on the basis of religion; <br /> <br />b. <br /> <br />it will not discriminate against any persons seeking emergency <br />shelter and related services on the basis of religion and will not <br />limit such services or give preference to persons on the basis of <br />religion; <br /> <br />it will provide no religious instruction or counselling, conduct no <br />religious worship or services, engage in no religious proselytizing, <br />and exert no other religious influence in the provision or services <br />or the use of facilities or furnishings assisted in any way under <br />this agreement; and <br /> <br />c. <br /> <br />d. <br /> <br />the portion of the facility used as an emergency shelter assisted in <br />whole or in part under this agreement or in which services are <br />provided which are assisted under this agreement shall contain no <br />sectarian or religious symbols or decorations. <br /> <br />1/þ¡ hl <br />Da te' / <br /> <br /> <br />24 <br />