Appointed committee of Department Directors to develop longterm strategy for helping victims. Appointed employee committee to recommend services. Began offering group health insurance for a domestic partner and allowing employees to use sick and bereavement leave for a domestic partner. Initiated adoption assistance and a post-partum care program. Establishing a new fitness center.
Any unused leave is paid to employees at the end of the year.
Opened a daycare center in their central offices in Spokane. The center is licensed for 51 children including 7 infants and serves children ages 4 weeks to 5 years. Began offering Managing Transitions, a two-hour workshop providing information about the psychological process that individuals go through when transitions occur. Exceeded the goal. Developed an employee assistance program, which provides assistance in such areas as child care referrals and locations, elder-care referrals, and career development advice and assistance.