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VIII. EQUAL OPPORTUNITY NOTICE In all solicitations for employment placed on SUBRECIPIENT's behalf during the term of this Agreement, SUBRECIPIENT shall include a statement to the effect that SUBRECIPIENT is an "Equal Opportunity Employer." IX. MINORITY BUSINESS ENTERPRISE AND WOMEN'S BUSINESS ENTERPRISE A. SUBRECIPIENT agrees to comply with Executive Orders 11625 and 12432 (concerning Minority Business Enterprise) and 12138 (concerning Women's Business Enterprise), and of 24 CFR 85.36. B. Accordingly, SUBRECIPIENT hereby agrees to take affirmative steps to assure that women and minority businesses are utilized when possible as sources of supplies, equipment, construction, and services. Affirmative steps shall include the following.- Including ollowing: Including qualified women's business enterprises and small and minority businesses on solicitation lists; ii. Assuring that women's enterprises and small and minority businesses are solicited whenever they are potential sources; iii. When economically feasible, dividing total requirements into smaller tasks or quantities so as to permit maximum participation by small and minority businesses, and women's business enterprises; iv. Where the requirement permits, establishing delivery schedules which will encourage the participation by women's business enterprises and small and minority businesses. X. PARTICIPATION IN HUD PROGRAMS BY FAITH -BASED ORGANIZATIONS SUBRECIPIENT agrees to comply with the requirements of the regulations at Title 24 Part 570.200 0), to: A. Organizations that are religious or faith -based are eligible, on the same basis as any other organization, to participate in the CDBG program. Neither the federal government nor a State of local government receiving funds under CDBG programs shall discriminate against an organization on the basis of the organization's religious character or affiliation. B. Organizations that are directly funded under the CDBG program may not engage in inherently religious activities, such as worship, religious instruction, or prose lytization, as part of the programs or services funded under this part. If an organization conducts such activities, the activities must be offered separately, in time or location, from the programs or services funded under this Agreement, and participation must be voluntary for the beneficiaries of the HUD -funded programs or services. C. A religious organization that participates in the CDBG program will retain its independence from Federal, State, and local governments, and may continue to carry out its mission, including the definition, practice, and expression of its re:igious beliefs, provided that it does not use direct CDBG funds to support any inherently religious activities, such as worship, religious instruction, or proselytization. Among other things, faith -based organizations may use space in their facilities to provide CDBG-funded services, without removing religious art, icons, scriptures, or other Page 6