your question within the blue child family much fessitions and giving referrals for nonrelated. we have not had that conversation with shawn yet. she is brand new to the team. any questions. have a great afternoon. >> heather with united healthcare. my friend shannon is home ill. i have an update. it was brought up at the january board meeting about a mailing that had gone out to medicare members. that went out and there was confusion around that. i want to confirm it had to go out because of cms requirements. a second letter was mailed on january 28 that will clarify why that first letter came out and confirming that members don't need to do anything. that will clarify questions about that. any questions on that? >> i guess i understand medicare has requirements and all of that. given that, is there a wet better way or lessons as to how this helps get to our members. so they understand why they are getting this letter within the context of your obligations to meet cms requirements? >> absolutely. i will follow up with shannon. she talked about better communications so though un

that means an aunt, uncle, grandparent or sibling and 11% went to a cousin or nonrelative, family friend, generally identified by the family. >> my time is up. i agree that's important and i would far rather have those children in a loving home with a parent, a grandparent, someone who will care for them than to have them separated and placed in an agency. i appreciate that. >> gentleman from virginia, mr. griffith is recognized for five minutes. >> i thank our chair very much. look forward to working with you over the next several years in that capacity. let me make it clear that the question earlier was, you know, could somebody slip into a state court as a former practicing attorney in that arena and with a spouse who is a juvenile and domestic district judge in the commonwealth of virginia, you can't guarantee somebody won't commit an improper act, but it would be a fraud on the court to indicate a child is abandoned when they came into the country with a parent. the bigger question for all of this is, all those thousands of children, how many did you say last fiscal year who were un

went to a more distant relative, like a cousin, or a nonrelative that is a family friend. gentilly -- generally identified by the parent. >> i do agree that is important. i would far rather have those children in a loving home with a parent, grandparent, someone who will care for them, to have them separated and placed in an agency. i appreciate it. >> the gentleman from virginia is recognized for five minutes. our chairman and and pleased and welcome you to that chair. i look forward to working with you the next several years in that capacity. let me make it clear. the question earlier was can somebody slip into a state court as former practicing attorney in that arena? with a spouse who is a juvenile and mustard relations district virginia, you can't guarantee somebody will not commit an improper act. it will be a fraud on the court to indicate that a child had been abandoned when the child came into the country with a parent. the bigger question is all of those thousands, less fiscal year they came -- were unaccompanied when they came to the border? >> the total number