Special Emphasis Programs (SEP) are an integral part of the Equal Employment Opportunity and Civil Rights Program. The purpose of these programs is to ensure that agencies take affirmative steps to provide equal opportunity to all employees in all areas of the employee life cycle. The term, “Special Emphasis Programs,” refers specifically to employment-related programs that focus special attention on groups that are conspicuously absent or have a lower than expected participation rate in an occupational category or level of employment. assigned to the agency’s workforce.
The goals of the Special Emphasis Programs are:
- Improving employment and advancement opportunities for their respective members of the federal service.
- Identification of systematic causes of discrimination against minorities, women and persons with disabilities.
- Look for ways to help minorities, women, and people with disabilities advance by using their abilities more fully.
- Monitor agency progress in eliminating discrimination and adverse impact on minorities, women, and people with disabilities in agency and employment programs.
- Educate federal employees and managers about the extent of various forms of discrimination within the federal service.
Programs with special emphasis
Black Employment Program; Federal Women’s Program; Hispanic Employment Program; US Asia/Pacific Islander Program; American Indian/Alaskan Native Program; Individuals with Disabilities Program (Workforce recruitment program for college students with disabilities).
Respects with special emphasis
- January – Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
- February – African American History Month
- March – National Women’s History Month
- May – Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month
- June – Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Pride Month
- June 19th – June 10th
- September 15th – October 15th – National Hispanic Heritage Month
- October – National Disability Employment Awareness Month
- November – American Indian/Alaska Native Heritage Month
Minority College Relations Program
- Hispanic Serving Institutions (HSIs): Donnelly College, Kansas City, KS; Dodge City Community College, Dodge City, KS; Garden City Community College, Garden City, KS
- Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs): Harris Stowe State University, St. Louis, MO; Lincoln University, Jefferson, MO
- Tribal Colleges and Universities (TCU): Haskell Indian Nations University, Lawrence, KS
Educational affiliation (TCU/HSI/HBCU)
American Indian Higher Education Consortium
Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities
National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education
Organizations of National Minorities and Women
Federal Asia Pacific American Council (FAPAC)
Federally Employed Women, Inc. (POWER)
Council of Hispanic Employment Program Managers (HEPM).
League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC)
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
National Association of Hispanic Federal Executives (NAHFE)
National Image, Inc. (image)
National Organization of Women (NOW)
National Urban League (NUL)
Society of American Indian Government Employees
Blacks in Government (BIG)
National Latina Symposium
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