Accommodations

The Program agrees to be accessible to all persons with disabilities and provide reasonable accommodations to the known mental and physical disabilities of qualified members and applicants. The Program agrees to provide confidentiality and provide encouragement for “self-identifying” as a person with a disability. The member can request accommodations by completing the Accommodation Form located below. 

If you have circumstances that are preventing you from meeting the requirements associated with the adviser position, please review the accommodation form and submit the form and supporting documents to the Accommodation File Upload Folder linked in the form. The AmeriCorps Program Director will review the form to make a determination regarding the accommodation request. 

If you have questions about an accommodation or need support completing the form, please reach out to Trish Caldwell, Program Director, via email at trisha@micollegeaccess.org.

Tips for Navigating

• We encourage you to submit the form even if you think approval is unlikely. Please ask for what you need, and don’t assume the answer will be “no.”

• We encourage you to submit even if you’re not sure you’ll need to use the accommodation. It’s best to have it on file so we can implement it quickly if necessary.

• A signed letter from a medical professional (Doctor, therapist, etc.) is needed.

• Your supporting letter does not need to include specific details; we just need the doctor/therapist to share that, due to the support/treatment they’re providing, they are requesting that MCAN provides the specific accommodation needed to navigate your position.

• Accommodation requests are confidential. All information will be shared with the AmeriCorps Program Director only. After reviewing the documents, the program director will schedule a meeting with the member to discuss a decision and plan. The program director will then share what accommodations the site supervisor and partnership manager need to work with the member to implement.