ADA/Title VI

ADA & Title VI Compliance

Web Accessibility Policy

Montgomery County is committed to ensuring accessibility of its website for people with disabilities. As such we have chosen a web platform vendor that enables the creation of accessible content. We will generate and distribute a document to the content creators that lists the best practices and requirements for our content. The goal is for all pages on our website to conform to W3C WAI's Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.2, Level AA.

All new or revised content published by the county must be in compliance with the World Wide Web standards defined in Section 508 of the Federal Rehabilitation Act of 1973. We will use reasonable effort to ensure that legacy web pages and content, primarily those that were transferred over from the legacy web site, are reviewed on a periodic basis and updated accordingly should non-confirming content be discovered.

Should specific content be requested to be made accessible, that content should be made accessible as soon as possible. If cost or other factors result in undue administrative or financial burdens, alternative formats may be used to provide content to the requester. 

Policy Statement ADA

The American with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990 is a Federal Civil Rights Legislation, which mandates non-discrimination to persons with disabilities. The U.S. Congress signed the ADA in 1990, and it went into effect in 1992. The ADA is a civil rights law that prohibits discrimination against individuals with disabilities in access to jobs, public accommodations and governmental services and programs, public transportation, and telecommunications.  Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973:

"No otherwise qualified (disabled) individual in the United States shall solely by reason of (disability), be excluded from the participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any program or activity receiving Federal Financial Assistance."

Montgomery County recognizes that it is important for its facilities, programs, and services to be available to all of its citizens and the general public.  Montgomery County further understands that some of its existing facilities, programs and services may have met accessibility requirements previously, but may not now, or may not in the future, as standards are revised or new standards developed.  Therefore, in order to fulfill its commitment to endeavor to provide equal access to all of its public programs, services, facilities for citizens with disabilities, and in compliance with the ADA, the Montgomery County has developed an American with Disabilities Act Transition Plan (ADA Transition Plan).  To develop this plan, the Montgomery County completed what types of access barriers exist for individuals with disabilities.  This information was used to develop the Montgomery County ADA Transition Plan.  This plan will be used to guide future planning and implementation of accessibility improvements.

Policy Statement - Title VI

Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended, prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color or national origin in the program and activities receiving Federal Financial assistance.  Specifically, Title VI provides that "no person in the United States shall, on the grounds of race, color, or national origin, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefit of, or be subjected to discrimination under any program or activity receiving Federal Financial Assistance"                                       (42 U.S.C. Section 2000d)

Pursuant to Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended, and the Civil Rights Restoration Act of 1987, Montgomery County, Indiana, hereinafter referred to as "Montgomery County", will not exclude from participation in, deny the benefits of, or subject to discrimination any individual on the grounds of race, color, or national origin, sex, age, disability, limited English proficiency and income status.