As we prepare for the quarterly board meeting, which is tomorrow, it comes to me yet again the immense task we are faced with at KFAPA. We represent the voice of the foster, adoptive and kinship families of Kansas. What a challenge that is to our dedicated and committed board members. Many of us have full time jobs, are also foster, adoptive and/or kinship families, and have volunteered our time and talents to this association. I think how uninformed the general public is about the highly challenging, sometimes rarely rewarded, job that foster, adoptive and kinship families take on. So our hats are off to those individuals and families who are stepping up to take care of someone else's child, sometimes for a day, perhaps a week, a month, years, or a lifetime. KFAPA will continue to work hard to be visible, to educate the public about foster parenting, to represent the families within and outside of the child welfare system, to strengthen their position on the reintegration/adoption team.