Office of Special Counsel Announces Request for Proposals

IMMIGRANTS & EMPLOYMENT

IRCA Employment Verification and
Antidiscrimination Protections

OFFICE OF SPECIAL COUNSEL ANNOUNCES REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS
Immigrants' Rights Update, Vol. 17, No. 2, April 8, 2003

The Office of Special Counsel for Immigration Related Unfair Employment Practices (OSC) has published a notice in the Federal Register requesting that interested parties submit funding proposals for fiscal year 2003-04. The OSC, an agency within the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Dept. of Justice, provides grants to organizations that educate workers and employers about their rights and responsibilities under the antidiscrimination provisions of the Immigration and Nationality Act, 8 U.S.C. sec. 1324b.

The due date for grant proposal submissions is Apr. 21, 2003. The request for proposals was published Mar. 5, 2003.

Application forms may be obtained by writing or calling the U.S. Dept. of Justice, Civil Rights Division, Office of Special Counsel for Immigration Related Unfair Employment Practices, 950 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC 20530; tel. 202-616-5594 (TDD for the hearing impaired: 202-616-5525). Required forms are also available at OSC's Web site: www.usdoj.gov/crt/osc. For further information, contact the OSC's Lilia Irizarry at the telephone numbers listed above.