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confidential information pertaining to AJCC applicants, participants, or customers overall unless a specific release is voluntarily signed by the participant or customer. 3. The AJCC partner agrees to abide by the current confidentiality provisions of the respective statutes to which AJCC operators and other AJCC partners must adhere, and shall share infonnation necessary for the administration of the program as allowed under law and regulation. The AJCC partner, therefore, agrees to share client information necessary for the provision of services such as assessment, universal intake, program or training referral, job development or placement activities, and other services as needed for employment or program support purposes. 4. Client information shall be shared solely for the purpose of enrollment, referral or provision of services. In carrying out their respective responsibilities, each party shall respect and abide by the confidentiality policies of the other parties. J. FUNDING OF SERVICES AND OPERATION COST It is expressly understood that this MOU does not constitute a binding financial commitment, but rather an intent to commit specific resources in the future as the parties' allocations and budgets are known and the America's Job Center of California system evolves. For those partners that will require a cost sharing agreement, cost will be based on proportionate use and agreed upon methodology as applicable. This is to be determined during phase II of the MOU which should be completed by December 31, 2017. AJCC partners with shared costs will be reviewed yearly and may be modified as needed by any partner as long as it is identified as a revision, and it is signed and dated by the applicable parties. K. NON-DISCRIMINATION AND EQUAL OPPORTUNITY The AJCC partner shall not unlawfully discriminate, harass or allow harassment against any employee, applicant for employment or AJCC applicant due to gender, race, color, ancestry, religion, national origin, veteran status, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition(s), age, sexual orientation or marital status. The AJCC partner agrees to comply with the provisions of the Fair Employment and Housing Act (Government Code Section 12990) and related, applicable regulations. The AJCC partner will assure compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 and its amendments, which prohibits discrimination on the basis of disability, as well as other applicable regulations and guidelines issued pursuant to the Americans with Disabilities Act. L. GRIEVANCES AND COMPLAINTS PROCEDURE The AJCC partner agrees to establish and maintain a procedure for grievance and complaints as outlined in WIOA. The process for handling grievances and complaints is applicable to customers and partners. These procedures will allow the customer or entity filing the complaint to exhaust every administrative level in receiving a fair and complete hearing and resolution of their grievance. The partner further agrees to communicate openly and directly to resolve any problems or disputes related to the provision of services in a cooperative manner and at the lowest level of intervention possible. All partners agree to inform each other immediately when a customer violates an established policy that would require them to be banned from the center or involves police authorities. M. AMERICAN'S WITH DISABILITIES ACT AND AMENDMENTS COMPLIANCE The AJCC partner agrees to ensure that the policies and procedures as well as the programs and services provided at the AJCC are in compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act and its 8