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. 18, No. 2, April 2, 2004

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 2004. 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 USC sec. 1324b.

The OSC invites “community-based organizations, other nonprofit organizations, and state and local government entities that work with potential victims of discrimination or that possess the qualifications and experience to educate workers and/or employers about their duties under INA” to submit grant proposals.

The due date for grant proposal submissions is May 6, 2004, by 6 p.m. The request for proposals was published Mar. 23, 2004. Beginning with this grant cycle, each applicant must supply a Data Universal Numbering System (DUNS) number with its application. To obtain a DUNS number, call 866-705-5711 (toll-free).

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 the OSC’s website: http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/forms.htm. For further information about the OSC’s grant process, contact Lilia Irizarry at the telephone numbers listed above.