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Columbus, Ohio 43228
Phone: 614-466-8380
Fax: 614-728-5628
Email: das-eod@das.ohio.gov

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Affirmative Action and Equal Employment Opportunity

Business Certification and Compliance

Research, Reporting and Recruitment

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday Commission

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File a Discrimination Complaint

Certified Businesses

• Apply for MBE or EDGE Certification
  • ​Apply for MBE or EDGE Recertification (renewal)
• Apply for VBE Certification
  • ​Apply for VBE Recertification (renewal)
• Locate MBE-certified businesses and download certificates
• Locate EDGE-certified businesses and download certificates
• Locate VBE-certified businesses 
• Certified Business Toolkit
  • ​Check agency projection plans
• Check procurement bid announcements
• Check construction bid announcements
• Submit EDGE complaint

Certification Checklists

• VBE certification
• Unified application (MBE or EDGE)
  • ​Corporation
  • Limited Liability Company
  • Partnership
  • Sole Proprietor
• Eligibility affidavit (MBE or EDGE)
• Personal Financial Statement (EDGE)
• Disibility Verification Form (EDGE)
• Unit certificate template (LLC)
• Unit journal template (LLC)

Affirmative Action Program Verification

• Apply
• Download certificate

Certificate of Compliance

• Apply
• Download certificate

Submit I-29 (Work-hour Utilization)

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