But what about kids who don’t have a family?

Beware. This is a hidden issue and a difficult one. You may have to change your mind because most people think there are not enough families. We are here to tell you that there are enough families.

There are at least 1,000,000 American children displaced from parents, many growing up without the benefit of family. About half are in foster care and related systems. The others are on their own, on the streets.

But there are enough families for each one of them. Half to three quarters could remain with their families of origin with some help. The rest can be adopted.

The idea that there are not enough families is a marketing opinion. What do you base it on?

The Campaign is a web-supported, volunteer-driven mission dedicated to raising public awareness that many American children are growing up without a family and they could be raised by one if human service systems communicated and collaborated better.

The families are out there, waiting in the wings.

The mission began as an idea and is now moving toward action. The Campaign was incorporated in 2014 and received federal tax exemption a few years later.

The seed was planted in 1983 during a conversation between Br. Terence J. Taffe and Ned Doyle of Doyle, Dane, Bernbach. Doyle said, “You have a communications problem.” That remains the starting point today.

Br. Terry has witnessed how poorly human service systems communicate, internally and with the public. Financial structures and personal ego often get in the way of real solutions. His calling began in 1977 when he met older foster children while helping match them with families.

The Campaign has had several lives, first in 1988 and again in 2014, each time interrupted by other calls to service or practical realities.

Now it is moving forward again with support, structure, and new energy.

We are in the idea stage, preparing to operationalize. Our focus is simple. There are more than a million American children displaced from family life and there are families waiting for them right now.

We are a group of about 10 people with 2,000 dollars and the conviction that this is an idea whose time has come.