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D. Drug Free Workplace The SUBRECIPIENT represents and warrants that it has established the following drug -free workplace policy: (1) The unlawful manufacture, distribution, dispensing, possession, or use of a controlled substance is prohibited in the workplace for any employee involved in a federally funded program. (2) As an employee working in conjunction with a federally funded program, the employees of the SUBRECIPIENT will be required to: a. Abide by the terms above in statement (1), and b. Notify the appropriate SUBRECIPIENT authorities and CITY officials of any criminal drug statute conviction for a violation occurring in the workplace. Such notification shall be made no later than five (5) days after conviction, (3) The CITY and the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development will be notified within ten days after receiving notice of any such violation. (4) Within thirty (30) days of receiving such notice, appropriate personnel action will be taken against such employee, tip to and including termination. (5) Each such employee shall be required to participate satisfactorily in a drug abuse assistance or rehabilitation program approved for such purposes by a Federal, State or Local health, law enforcement, or other appropriate agency. E. Religious Organization The SUBRECIPIENT may not engage in inherently religious activities, such as worship, religious instruction, or proselytization as part of said program or services. If the SUBRECIPIENT conducts such activities, the activities must be offered separately, in time or location, from said programs or services, and participation must be voluntary for the program participants. The SUBRECIPIENT shall not, in providing program assistance, discriminate against a program participant or prospective program participant on the basis of religion or religious belief. If the SUBRECIPIENT is a religious organization, it retains its independence from Federal, State, and Local governments, and may continue to carry out its mission, including the definition, practice, and expression of its religious beliefs, provided that the religious organization does not use direct ESG finds to support any inherently religious activities. The SUBRECIPIENT agrees that rehabilitation of structures by the religious organization in connection with said program must be in sound accord with the provisions under 24 CFR § 576.406. 12