WASHINGTON – Congressman Tim Huelskamp (KS-01) has been named to the Congressional Coalition on Adoption Institute (CCAI) Advisory Council. CCAI is a non-profit organization that works to raise awareness about the needs of children without families and to remove policy barriers that hinder children from knowing the love and support a family provides.

The Congressman was approved by the organization’s Board of Directors, and will now take part in Council meetings and other events and initiatives to advance the organization’s adoption and foster care policy efforts.

Huelskamp and his wife are proud parents of four adopted children, two from the United States and two from Haiti. For the past four years he has been a leader in CCAI’s Angels in Adoption program which recognizes an individual, couple, or organization in Kansas’ 1st Congressional District who has made an extraordinary contribution on behalf of children in need of loving homes.

On the appointment, the Congressman gave the following statement:

“Family is the fundamental building block of our society. I’m excited to take on a more involved role with CCAI’s Advisory Council to help more children in Kansas and across the United States know the love and support a family provides.”