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Jeff Colyer on Families & Children
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Safe and professional workplace, free from sexual harassment
I expect a safe and professional workplace--free from sexual harassment. To anyone here that has experienced these evils, I want you to know that you've been heard. You have value and you have my respect. Harassment in any form, at any time,
in any place, will not be tolerated in my Administration.I signed my first Executive Order which first requires all Cabinet Agencies to update their sexual harassment prevention policies.
Every employee, every intern, every contractor shall receive the material.
Second, it requires every state employee, every manager, even every intern to undergo sexual harassment prevention training. This will happen annually.
Third, allegations of sexual harassment will be investigated promptly and appropriate disciplinary action shall be taken swiftly.
Source: 2018 Kansas Inauguration/State of the State speech
, Feb 8, 2018
More child welfare staff; more family programs
One need only pick up a newspaper to see examples of the extreme evil that exists in this world. Unfortunately, government will never be capable of preventing all these evils. But, we can and we must do better. To give children and families around the
state the help they need, [we need a] top-to-bottom review of our state's child welfare system. We need funding to achieve the following goals:- hire additional child welfare field staff,
- establish emergency placement options so there are no
more kids sleeping in offices,
- hire additional investigative staff to track down missing foster children,
- and invest in new community based family preservation and family strengthening programs.
I know for a fact that each
and every person in this room cares deeply about the plight of abused children in our state. Please join me as we fight for the most vulnerable children in our state.
Source: 2018 Kansas Inauguration/State of the State speech
, Feb 8, 2018
Page last updated: Sep 22, 2018