The mission of the Foster and Adoptive Parent Advocacy Center (FAPAC) is to improve the quality of life, well-being, and dignity of children in the District of Columbia by strengthening, supporting and empowering foster, adoptive and kinship parents to serve as advocates for their children's needs and bridge-builders with birth parents; through working as an organizational agent of systemic change; and by partnering with other District agencies to provide innovative stabilization services to families at risk.