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Wear Blue for Child Abuse Prevention

Wear Blue Day is a statewide awareness campaign that takes place every April, National Child Abuse Prevention Month. This year, Ohioans...

Foster a Teen - The How

Dear prospective foster parents, As the Recruiter and Engagement Specialist for Encourage Foster Care I have the opportunity to connect...

Foster a Teen - The Why: Parent-to-Parent Pt. 2

Sitting down with Sheila Fostering is a calling that is best understood by those who have become foster parents themselves. Hear from one...

Foster a Teen - The Why: Parent-to-Parent

Sitting down with Karla Fostering is a calling that is best understood by those who have become foster parents themselves. Hear from one...

Foster a Teen - The Need

Today over 16,000 precious hearts have been uprooted, forgotten, abused or neglected in Ohio alone. This is approximately how many foster...

Social Work Breaks Barriers

Encourage is helping celebrate March as Social Work Month with the theme “Social Work Breaks Barriers,” to highlight how social workers...

Best Christian Workplace Certified 2023

We are pleased to share that CCHO and our family of ministries has received the designation of Best Christian Workplace for the seventh year

Eagle Pass Grand Opening

Encourage Foster Care and Encompass Christian Counseling celebrated the grand opening of our new office location at 2148 Eagle Pass in...

A letter to prospective foster parents

Dear prospective foster parents, As the Recruiter and Engagement Specialist for Encourage Foster Care I have the opportunity to connect...

The time is right for social work

Encourage Foster Care celebrates this year’s Social Work Month in March with the theme “The Time is Right for Social Work” to highlight...

Curious about being a foster parent?

Curious about being a foster parent? You’re in the right place! Heather Huebner, our recruitment and engagement specialist, would love to...

Meeting a child’s sensory needs

Our interview series on The Connected Parent closes with the topic of sensory needs. For children from hard places, sensory challenges...