Farms In The Heights Accessibility Statement
Updated: September 2024.
General
Farms In The Heights strives to ensure that its services are accessible to people with disabilities. Farms In The Heights has invested a significant amount of resources to help ensure that its website and physical location is made easier to use and more accessible for people with disabilities, with the strong belief that every person has the right to live with dignity, equality, comfort and independence.
Specific ADA Non-Discrimination Policy
Farms in the Heights is committed to ADA Compliance at our market and in our programming. Farms in the Heights does not discriminate on the basis of disability in admission or access to, treatment of or employment in, its services, programs or activities. In accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), Farms in the Heights will generally, upon request, provide appropriate aids and services leading to effective communication for qualified persons with disabilities so they can participate equally in all Riverview Farmers Market programs, services, and activities, and will make all reasonable efforts to make information and communications accessible to people who have speech, hearing, physical, cognitive or vision impairments.
Farms in the Heights has a designated coordinator to facilitate compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA), as required by Section 35.107 of the U.S. Department of Justice regulations, and to coordinate compliance with Sections 504 and 508 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. The Current ADA Coordinator for Farms in the Heights is: Rachel Meyers. She can be reached via email at: info@riverviewfarmersmarket.org or via postal mail: P.O. Box 17039, Jersey City, NJ, 07307
Anyone who requires an auxiliary aid or service for effective communication, or a modification of policies or procedures to participate in a program, service, or activity of the Farms in the Heights/Riverview Farmers Market should contact the ADA Coordinator as soon as possible but no later than 72 hours before a scheduled event. Please reach out via email at info@riverviewfarmersmarket.org (Subject Line: ADA Assistance).
While the above laws mandate equal access to people with disabilities, Farms in the Heights makes it a priority to establish a workplace and environment that embraces the spirit of the law ensuring an optimal experience for all. Upon request, information will be made available in alternative formats such as Braille, large print, assisted listening devices, and/or audio recordings.
Accessibility on Riverviewfarmersmarket.org
Riverviewfarmersmarket.org makes available the UserWay Website Accessibility Widget that is powered by a dedicated accessibility server. The software allows Riverviewfarmersmarket.org to improve its compliance with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG 2.1).
Enabling the Accessibility Menu
The Riverviewfarmersmarket.org accessibility menu can be enabled either by hitting the tab key when the page first loads or by clicking the accessibility menu icon that appears on the corner of the page. After triggering the accessibility menu, please wait a moment for the accessibility menu to load in its entirety.
Disclaimer
Farms In The Heights continues its efforts to constantly improve the accessibility of its site and services in the belief that it is our collective moral obligation to allow seamless, accessible and unhindered use also for those of us with disabilities.
In an ongoing effort to continually improve and remediate accessibility issues, we also regularly scan Riverviewfarmersmarket.org with UserWay’s Free Website Accessibility Scanner to identify and fix every possible accessibility barrier on our site. Despite our efforts to make all pages and content on Riverviewfarmersmarket.org fully accessible, some content may not have yet been fully adapted to the strictest accessibility standards. This may be a result of not having found or identified the most appropriate technological solution.
Here For You
If you are experiencing difficulty with any content on Riverviewfarmersmarket.org or require assistance with any part of our site, please contact us during normal business hours as detailed below and we will be happy to assist.
Contact Us
If you wish to report an accessibility issue with the website, have any questions or need assistance, please contact Farms In The Heights Customer Support as follows:
Email: marketing@riverviewfarmersmarket.org
Phone: (917) 734-3657
How to Request an Accommodation
To request disability-related accommodations for any in-person event, contact our ADA Coordinator via info@riverviewfarmersmarket.org or 917-734-3657, as soon as possible but no later than 72 hours before a scheduled event. When emailing, please use the Subject Line: ADA Assistance
Full Policies
If you’d like to learn more, please review our Full Discrimination and ADA Grievance Policies here.
AccomModations AVailable on Request for Riverview Farmers Market Events
Please give at least 72 hours notice for any disability accommodation requests.
