Foster Care

A Foster Family's Heart

One of our foster families share their heart for fostering.

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...

A letter to prospective foster parents

Dear prospective foster parents, As the Director of Operations & Recruitment for Encourage Foster Care, I have the opportunity to connect...

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...

Holistic self-care with TBRI

'Our interview series based on The Connected Parent continues today with a focus on self-care. One might wonder how self-care applies...

Parenting with TBRI

Today we turn to CCHO’s Trust-Based Relational Intervention (TBRI) expert to give us first-hand guidance on parenting. Sheila...

Self-care for caregivers

Today we continue in our blog series based on the book The Connected Parent. We began the series with a focus on attachment styles (our...

Skills for meaningful attachments

Today, we’re starting a blog series based on the book, The Connected Parent, to give caregivers support as they raise youth who have...

What do you know about foster care?

What do you know about foster care? And how do you know what you know? Sometimes we carry preconceived notions that are not as accurate...