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

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? You’re in the right place! Heather Huebner, our recruitment and engagement specialist, would love to...

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

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

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

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...

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

Encourage is participating in a new respite care program that offers therapeutic relief and time-limited breaks to families and other...

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...

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

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...