Foster Care

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...

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...

Imperfect parents

We are looking for imperfect parents. Individuals who know they don’t have it altogether and still want to give what they have. Because...

Prep course update

Encourage is excited to announce that our prep courses to become a licensed foster family is now 24 hours. Due to House Bill 8, the Ohio...

Collaborative care

With strong leadership in trauma-informed care and a diverse clinical team, Encourage is well positioned to care for the complex needs of...

Therapeutic supports

Encourage cares deeply about youth with high-level needs and we are equally committed to supporting treatment foster families who open...

Saying yes to teenagers

Teens from hard places crave safety, acceptance, respect and unconditional love. They desire, and deserve, to be wanted and cherished...