Discrimination is Against the Law
Parallel Home Care Services complies with applicable Federal civil rights laws and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, disability, or sex (consistent with the scope of sex discrimination described at 45 CFR § 92.101(a)(2)) (or sex, including sex characteristics, including intersex traits; pregnancy or related conditions; sexual orientation; gender identity, and sex stereotypes). Parallel Home Care Services does not exclude people or treat them less favorably because of race, color, national origin, age, disability, or sex.
Parallel Home Care Services:
- Provides people with disabilities reasonable modifications and free appropriate auxiliary aids and services to communicate effectively with us, such as:
- Qualified sign language interpreters
- Written information in other formats (large print, audio, accessible electronic formats, other formats).
- Provides free language assistance services to people whose primary language is not English, which may include:
- Qualified interpreters
- Information written in other languages.
If you need reasonable modifications, appropriate auxiliary aids and services, or language assistance services, contact Melinda Johnson, RN Clinical Manager, Parallel Home Care Service’s Civil Rights Coordinator at 906-273-1169.
If you believe that Parallel Home Care Service has failed to provide these services or discriminated in another way on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, disability, or sex, you can file a grievance with: Melinda Johnson, Civil Rights Coordinator, via mail to 1600 Mill Creek Court, Marquette MI, via phone at 906-273-1169, via fax 906-273-1021, or via email to mjohnson@parallelhomecare.com. If you need help filing a grievance, Melinda Johnson, our Civil Rights Coordinator, is available to help you.
You can also file a civil rights complaint with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office for Civil Rights, electronically through the Office for Civil Rights Complaint Portal, available at https://ocrportal.hhs.gov/ocr/portal/lobby.jsf, or by mail or phone at:
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
200 Independence Avenue, SW
Room 509F, HHH Building
Washington, D.C. 20201
1-800-368-1019, 800-537-7697 (TDD)
Complaint forms are available at http://www.hhs.gov/ocr/office/file/index.html.
This notice is available at Parallel Home Care Service’s website: https://www.parallelhomecare.com
