Appendix A to Part 2 - Notice or Announcement of Award Opportunities
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Appendix A to Part 2 - Notice or Announcement of Award
Opportunities
(a) Faith-based organizations may apply for this award on the
same basis as any other organization, as set forth at, and subject
to the protections and requirements of subpart D of this part and
42 U.S.C. 2000bb et seq. DOL will not, in the selection of
recipients, discriminate for or against an organization on the
basis of the organization's religious character, exercise or
affiliation.
(b) A faith-based organization that participates in this program
will retain its independence from the Government and may continue
to carry out its mission consistent with religious freedom and
conscience protections in Federal law, including the Free Speech
and Free Exercise Clauses of the First Amendment, 42 U.S.C. 2000bb
et seq., 42 U.S.C. 238n, 42 U.S.C. 18113, 42 U.S.C.
2000e-1(a) and 2000e-2(e), 42 U.S.C. 12113(d), and the Weldon
Amendment, among others. Religious accommodations may also be
sought under many of these religious freedom and conscience
protection laws.
(c) A faith-based organization may not use direct financial
assistance from DOL to engage in any explicitly religious
activities except where consistent with the Establishment Clause of
the First Amendment to the Constitution and any other applicable
requirements. Such an organization also may not, in providing
services financially assisted by DOL, discriminate against a
program beneficiary or prospective program beneficiary on the basis
of religion, a religious belief, a refusal to hold a religious
belief, or a refusal to attend or participate in a religious
practice.
[85 FR 82142, Dec. 17, 2020]