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Additional Instructions For Grantees Receiving $500,000 Or More: 1. In accordance with Assurance No. 15, each grantee that receives $500,000 or more (or $1,000,000 in an 18- month period), and has 50 or more employees, must submit an Equal Employment Opportunity Plan (EEOP)within 60 days from the date of this letter to OCR at the above address. 1 2. Alternatively, the grantee may choose to complete an EEOP Short Form, in lieu of sending its own comprehensive EEOP, and return it to OCR within 60 days of the date of this letter. This easy-to-follow EEOP Short Form reduces paperwork and preparation time considerably and will ensure a quicker OCR review and approval. The enclosed Seven-Step Guide to the Design and Development of an EEOP (which includes an EEOP Short Form) will assist you in completing this requirement. 3. Please be reminded that the above requirements apply to primary grantees and to each of their subgrantees or contractors that meet the criteria outlined in this letter. Therefore, all primary grantees should apprise subgrantees of these responsiblities and those meeting the criteria should send their EEOPs or EEOP Short Forms directly to the Office for Civil Rights within 60 days of the date of their award. NOTE: If agency has under 50 employees, regardless of amount of award, no EEOP is required; however, grantee must return applicable portion of Certification Form to OCR within 60 days. PURSUANT TO THE SPECIAL CONDITION REGARDING EEOPs GOVERNING THIS AWARD, RECIPIENT ACKNOWLEDGES THAT FAILURE TO SUBMIT AN ACCEPT ABLE EEOP IS A VIOLATION OF ITS CERTIFIED ASSURANCES AND MA Y RESULT IN SUSPENSION OF DRA WDOWN OF FUNDS UNTIL EEOP HAS BEEN APPROVED BY THE OFFICE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS. Additional Instructions For Grantees Receiving $25,000 Or More, But Under $500,000: 4. Pursuant to Department of Justice regulations, each grantee that receives $25,000 or more and has 50 or more employees is required to maintain an Equal Employment Opportunity Plan (EEOP) on file for review by OCR upon request. (However, if the grantee is awarded $1,000,000 in an eighteen (I8) month period, it must submit an acceptable EEOP to OCR.) Please complete the applicable section of the attached Certification Form and return it to OCR within 60 days of the date of this letter. NOTE: If agency has under 50 employees, regardless of amount of award, no EEOP is required; however, grantee must return applicable portion of Certification Form to OCR within 60 days. I If you have already submitted an EEOP as part of another award from the Office of Justice Programs (OJP) or the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) within this grant period, or if you have certified that no EEOP is required, it is not necessary for you to submit another at this time. Simply send a copy of the letter you received from OCR showing that your EEOP or certification is acceptable.