基霍签署行政命令成立儿童福利专责组：11月15日前提交全州统一安全标准建议
密苏里州州长迈克·基霍10月22日在杰斐逊城签署第26-17号行政命令，成立密苏里儿童福利专责组，负责为全州儿童福利体系制定一套统一的安全标准与建议，强化各环节之间的协调。
据州长办公室介绍，专责组成员来自社会服务厅儿童局、法院与少年司法机构、执法部门、州议会、私营服务提供方、律师、权益倡导人士及儿童福利专家。专责组的具体任务包括：确立判定儿童是否安全的基准定义与明确标准；审查现行法律、法规、儿童局政策与法院规则，找出缺口并提出衔接建议；建议把政策要求融入日常儿童福利实务的操作规程；为个案工作者、督导、律师、少年司法官、法官、执法人员等设计跨专业培训；建立统一的质量保障措施与指标，监测全州执行的一致性。
基霍表示，保护密苏里最脆弱的儿童是州政府最重要的责任之一，从事这项工作的人应当在每个机构、每间法庭、每个社区都遵循清晰一致的标准。社会服务厅厅长杰丝·巴克斯说，儿童福利体系中的每一项决定都足以改变孩子的一生，指导这些决定的标准不应因孩子所在的县、巡回区或服务提供方而有所不同。
行政命令要求，专责组须在2026年11月15日前向州长、参议院临时议长、众议院议长及州最高法院首席大法官提交建议，为2026年1月召集的第104届州议会会期做准备；专责组将于2026年12月31日解散。
Kehoe Signs Executive Order Creating Child Welfare Task Force: Unified Statewide Safety Standards Recommendations Due by November 15
Missouri Governor Mike Kehoe signed Executive Order 26-17 in Jefferson City on October 22, creating the Missouri Child Welfare Task Force to develop a unified set of safety standards and recommendations for the state's child welfare system and strengthen coordination across its components.
According to the governor's office, task force members come from the Department of Social Services' Children's Division, the courts and juvenile justice agencies, law enforcement, the state legislature, private service providers, attorneys, advocates and child welfare experts. Its specific charges include: establishing benchmark definitions and clear standards for determining whether a child is safe; reviewing current statutes, regulations, Children's Division policies and court rules to find gaps and recommend alignment; recommending ways to embed policy requirements into day-to-day child welfare practice; designing cross-disciplinary training for caseworkers, supervisors, attorneys, juvenile officers, judges and law enforcement; and establishing unified quality assurance measures and metrics to monitor consistent implementation statewide.
Kehoe said protecting Missouri's most vulnerable children is one of state government's most important responsibilities, and that those who do this work should follow clear, consistent standards in every agency, every courtroom and every community. Department of Social Services Director Jess Bax said every decision in the child welfare system can change a child's life, and the standards guiding those decisions should not vary by the county, circuit or provider a child happens to be in.
The executive order requires the task force to submit its recommendations by November 15, 2026, to the governor, the Senate president pro tem, the House speaker and the chief justice of the state supreme court, in preparation for the 104th General Assembly convening in January 2026; the task force will dissolve on December 31, 2026.
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