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645 Beacon Lite Rd., Monument CO 80132 Phone: [PHONE REDACTED] Fax: [PHONE REDACTED] townofmonument.org Introduction The Town of Monument recognizes and values inclusion within our community and will continue to work towards ensuring all users of the town website will have access to the provided information and resources. The Town has worked, and will continue to work, towards compliance with Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG), 2.1 AA. The following information gives insight into our plans for the future, as well as a status of ongoing efforts, such as: • Website updates • Website scans/testing • Trainings Descriptions of applicable laws WCAG: Web Content Accessibility, defines how to make Web content more accessible to people with disabilities, including visual, auditory, physical, speech, cognitive, language, learning, and neurological disabilities. Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act: a national law that protects qualified individuals from discrimination based on their disability Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act: protects qualified individuals with disabilities from discrimination on the basis of disability in services, programs, and activities provided by State and local government entities. Colorado HB 21-1110: which relates to all technology, hardware, and software, that is both public- facing and internal-facing. This includes any technology provided by or procured by a government entity that is used by the public or used by a government entity employee. ---PAGE BREAK--- 645 Beacon Lite Rd., Monument CO 80132 Phone: [PHONE REDACTED] Fax: [PHONE REDACTED] townofmonument.org Digital Accessibility Improvements The Town of Monument website is currently using CivicPlus platform, which is proven to be highly compliant with ADA accessibility standards. In May 2024, the town website underwent a redesign to assist in increasing ADA compliance, making graphics and fonts more accessible to our ADA community. The Town of Monument was awarded a SIPA Accessibility Grant, in which 3 licenses will be available to aid employees in the creation of PDF (Portable Document Format) files/documents. The Town of Monument currently utilizes Monsido, powered by Acquia, to scan the town website and inform us of any accessibility issues. With the addition of “Page Assist” toolbar on all town webpages, those visiting the website have adjustable options, such as font size and type, contrast, and cursor size. The Town website now includes an “ADA compliance request – website accessibility” Citizen Request form to open the lines of communication between the Town and our community. The request tracker can be found here: Steps the town has taken to ensure accessibility: The town has a website committee consisting of employees from different departments that meet every other week to review website scans and work on correcting accessibility issues. Town utilizes Monsido. Monsido is a program that runs scans weekly, giving us a list of items that may not be accessible to all. The website committee reviews these issues and corrects them. In the case that we find an issue is beyond our abilities, we contact CivicPlus for assistance. During website committee meetings, the group will regularly check for updates from the State of Colorado Office of Information and Technology and make corrections/updates/improvements. The Town will continue to provide ways of communicating with our citizens, to learn how to better provide an inclusive website experience. The website committee will provide current website level to show the progress of meeting WCAG 2.1 Level AA compliance. They will provide screenshots of weekly reports, and statuses on corrected content.