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5.2. Supporting Disability Access Coordinators (SDAC). Each FOD shall designate at <br />least one supervisory -level representative from his or her Field Office to serve as the <br />SDAC for that area of responsibility (AOR). These individuals shall serve as the main <br />point of contact at the Field Office level regarding compliance with Section 504 and <br />associated DHS, ICE, and ERO regulations, detention standards, policies, and procedures <br />related to detainees with disabilities. The SDACs shall also assist the FOD and other <br />Field Office supervisory -level personnel in performing the following duties with respect <br />to their AORs: <br />I) Ensuring that any relevant notifications regarding disability access and <br />accommodations, as required in Section 5.3 below, are posted and disseminated in <br />facilities located within the Field Office's AOR; <br />2) Ensuring that ERO officers are aware of the need to provide accommodations to <br />detainees with disabilities while they are in ERO custody; <br />3) Collaborating and communicating with the EDAC as well as Field Office and <br />detention facility personnel within the AOR to monitor the care and treatment of <br />detainees with disabilities; and <br />4) Coordinating with IHSC to review requests for accommodations requiring IHSC <br />engagement or assistance. <br />5.3. Facility Obligations and Notifications. <br />1) It is the responsibility of the FOD and his or her supervisory -level designees to notify <br />facilities in his or her AOR of their existing obligations under federal law related to <br />the accommodation of detainees with disabilities, and in particular that they are <br />obligated to maintain an interactive process that includes: <br />a) Identification of detainees with disabilities or potential disabilities through <br />observation, assessments, screenings, and detainee or third party requests; <br />b) Notification to detainees of their right to request accommodations; <br />c) An individualized and interactive assessment of a detainee's disability -related <br />needs to access the facility and its programs, in which primary consideration is <br />given to the preferences of the detainee (the facility may consider and provide <br />equally effective alternatives); <br />d) Consideration of interim or temporary accommodations where the requested <br />accommodation cannot be immediately provided or is subject to agency approval <br />(such as expenditures requiring IHSC authorization); <br />Assessment and Accommodations for Detainees with Disabilities <br />