Across the country, and especially in West Virginia, the foster care system is often described with the same words: not enough.
Not enough foster families.
Not enough support for biological parents.
Not enough beds, caseworkers, or solutions.
The More Than Enough vision, championed by CAFO (Christian Alliance for Orphans), offers a bold alternative: a future where every community has more than enough for every child and family who needs it.
Achieving More Than Enough isn’t just about adding more programs or recruiting a few more families. It’s about reshaping entire ecosystems of care — mobilizing churches, nonprofits, businesses, and local leaders to work together in deep, coordinated ways.
This approach mirrors the principles of Collective Impact, as outlined in a classic 2011 article in the Stanford Social Innovation Review by the same name. You can download this article below. Collective Impact teaches us that large-scale social change requires:
- A Common Agenda: A shared vision for change — like CAFO’s goal of more than enough families and support for every vulnerable child.
- Shared Measurement: Tracking real progress across communities with consistent, transparent data.
- Mutually Reinforcing Activities: Each organization and church plays a unique role, but all efforts align toward the same outcome.
- Continuous Communication: Building trust through regular communication and collaboration.
- Backbone Support: Dedicated teams that coordinate and sustain the movement across churches, agencies, and organizations.
In foster care, real change won’t happen through isolated efforts. It requires communities to act together — each lifting part of the weight — to complete the “foster care puzzle” of needs around vulnerable children and families.
More Than Enough isn’t just a slogan. It’s an achievable reality when churches, nonprofits, and community members move with unified purpose, clear structure, and shared ownership.
Together, we can replace “not enough” with a new story in the Mountain State: one of hope, healing, and more than enough for every child who needs it.
