Coordinator
The Section 504 regulation
at 49 CFR § 27.13 and the Title
II regulation at 28 CFR
§ 35.107
provide that the recipients with
15 or more employees, and at
any public entity with 50 or
more employees must designate
at least one employee to coordinate
compliance with respective regulations.
The public entity will make available
to all interested individuals
the name, office address and
telephone number of the Americans
with Disabilities Act (ADA) Coordinator.
The New Jersey Department of
Transportation (NJDOT) ADA Coordinator
is:
Chrystal Section, ADA/504 Coordinator
New Jersey Department of Transportation,
Division of Civil Rights
1035 Parkway Avenue, Trenton,
New Jersey 08625
Main Office Building, 2nd Floor
Phone: 609.530.2939, Fax: 609.530.4030
Chrystal.Section@dot.state.nj.us
Monday - Friday: 9 am to
5 pm
Statement of Responsibility of
ADA/504 Coordinator
The ADA/504 Coordinator is charged
with the responsibility for implementing,
monitoring and ensuring the agency's
compliance with Section 504 of
the Rehabilitation Act of 1973,
and the Americans with Disabilities
Act of 1990. ADA/504 Coordinator
responsibilities include:
- Monitoring the Department's current
policies and practices for implementing
ADA/504.
- Identifying shortcomings in
compliance and developing
remedies.
- Evaluating remedial steps
taken to eliminate the effects
of discrimination.
- Monitoring complaint procedures
that incorporate appropriate
due process standards and
providing for prompt and
equitable resolutions of
complaints filed under ADA/504.
- Ensuring agency compliance
with ADA/504.
- Collaborating and coordinating
with the heads of major divisions
and departments to enable
ADA/504 compliance efforts.
- Establishing and maintaining
collaborative relationships
with critical external stakeholders,
such as disability advocacy
groups and organizations.
- Monitoring the agency's ADA/504
Transition
Plan (pdf
382k) | Executive Summary (pdf 84k) to ensure that
all department facilities remain
in compliance with applicable
accessibility standards.
- Monitoring established procedures
to ensure that requested
auxiliary aids are provided
for persons.
- Conducting annual reviews
of ADA/504 program areas.
- Conducting ADA/504 training
programs for agency managers
and employees.
- Preparing a report of ADA/504
accomplishments and problem
areas for the Federal Highway
Administration Annual Assurance
Report.
- Monitoring the preparation
of ADA/504 information for
dissemination to the general
public, including the Notice
to the Public offer to provide
reasonable accommodation,
upon request.
- Identifying, investigating
and eliminating ADA/504 discrimination
when found to exist.
The file listed above is
in Portable Document Format
(PDF).
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