TITLE IX & EQUITY SERVICES
Effective, Practical, and Sustainable Title IX, Title VII, Title VI, & Equity Solutions
Grand River Solutions Title IX & Equity professionals have direct on-campus experience at every size and type of public and private school from P-12 to liberal arts colleges to large research universities. Our approach is highly collaborative and unique to each institution. We embrace the individual mission, values, resources, and culture of each school and community, and help find solutions that maximize existing resources.
SERVICES
Consulting and Coaching
We provide a broad range of Title IX & Equity consulting services to support an institution in achieving its compliance and campus-wide goals. We work with the Title IX Coordinator, the Equity Director, and staff to address and resolve harassment and discrimination issues or meet complex compliance needs.
Policy and Process
Grand River Solutions assesses institutions’ policies, procedures relative to state and federal law in addition to general best practices. After identifying any gaps, we develop a detailed list of recommendations for implementation that are specifically designed for each campus or workplace.
Investigations, Hearings, Resolutions
Our experienced professionals are available to serve as facilitators of alternative resolutions, investigators, decision-makers, hearing officers, chairs, panel members, or appellate officers.
Delegated Roles and Support
Grand River Solutions provides institutions across the country with the ability to delegate some or all of their Title IX & Equity needs on an interim or ongoing basis. We work with schools that need long-term support, as well as those who are experiencing short-term gaps in staff due to leaves, prolonged searches, or hiring freezes.
Skilled facilitators delivering Title IX & Equity training for students, staff and faculty.
Title IX & Equity Training
We offer sessions from “P-12 and Title IX: What You Need to Know About the New Regulations” to “Hearings in the New Era: Are You Ready?” and everything in between. Our solutions are designed to fit you—choose from our suite of flexible training options.
Cost Savings on Title IX & Equity Services with our Collective Model
Grand River Solutions facilitates networks of institutions with similar needs designed to ease the financial burden of Title IX & Equity compliance through cost sharing and collective resource optimization. By forming partnerships, institutions receive the benefit of our full team of experts within a cost-effective system. Whether you are a member of an existing consortium or interested in creating your own collective, we can help.
Services may include:
- Investigations
- Hearing support including hearing officers, panelists, and advisors
- Appeals
- Consulting
- Alternative Resolutions
Resolutions
Hearings
We also offer general training or Just-in-time training for Title IX Coordinators, advisors, hearing panel members, and decision-makers.
Hearings
We also offer general training or Just-in-time training for Title IX Coordinators, advisors, hearing panel members, and decision-makers.
Investigations
Our experts have extensive experience investigating allegations of harassment, discrimination, as well as dating and domestic violence, stalking, and interpersonal violence. We have a deep understanding of the inner workings of K-12 schools, districts, and higher education institutions.
Appeals
- Appeals Support
- Providing impartial, third-party appeals officers.
- Training for appeals officers.
- Ongoing coaching, mentoring, and reviewing throughout the appeals process
- Helping institutions integrate appeals into their procedures
Alternative Resolution Process
Easy Contact Link for Existing Clients
Whether you need to phone-a-colleague for a case-specific question or your institution needs expert incident response, we can help. Our team’s experts work to meet the immediate and ongoing needs of your campus and community. Services may include training new staff, guidance with evolving laws and best practices, leadership development, or ongoing skill development.
Delegated Roles & Support
Title IX Coordinator, Equity Director, Deputy Coordinator & Assistant Coordinator
When Grand River Solutions partners with your school, whether for a month or a year, you gain expert professional services, while minimizing both cost and risk. Some of the services we provide include:
- Development of work-flow processes templates,
- Communications protocols
- Record-keeping protocols
- Daily hands-on and/or virtual operations management of Title IX offices
- Including intake and outreach processes
- Institutional response to reports of harassment and discrimination, including sexual and gender-based misconduct.
- Review of current processes and procedures, and suggestions for improvement.
Our professionals bring programmatic and process expertise to help navigate evolving federal and local law and implement best practices. When you engage our team, you gain access to a network of professionals with decades of practical experience in Title VI, Title VII, Title IX, VAWA, ADA/504, the Clery Act.
We are also able to provide one-on-one support and mentorship. Read more about these services in our mentoring section.
We also offer general training or Just-in-time training for Title IX Coordinators, Equity Directors, advisors, hearing panel members, and decision-makers.
Title IX Coordinator, Equity Director, Deputy Coordinator & Assistant Coordinator
When Grand River Solutions partners with your school, whether for a month or a year, you gain expert professional services, while minimizing both cost and risk. Some of the services we provide include:
- Development of work-flow processes templates,
- Communications protocols
- Record-keeping protocols
- Daily hands-on and/or virtual operations management of Title IX offices
- Including intake and outreach processes
- Institutional response to reports of harassment and discrimination, including sexual and gender-based misconduct.
- Review of current processes and procedures, and suggestions for improvement.
Our professionals bring programmatic and process expertise to help navigate evolving federal and local law and implement best practices. When you engage our team, you gain access to a network of professionals with decades of practical experience in Title VI, Title VII, Title IX, VAWA, ADA/504, the Clery Act.
We are also able to provide one-on-one support and mentorship. Read more about these services in our mentoring section.
We also offer general training or Just-in-time training for Title IX Coordinators, Equity Directors, advisors, hearing panel members, and decision-makers.
Hearing Board Members
We also offer general training or Just-in-time training for decision-makers and panelists.
Facilitators of Alternative Resolutions
Our experts facilitate informal and alternative resolutions including mediation in accordance with institutional policies and procedures.