Blog | Encourage Foster

Higher levels of need

As mentioned in our previous blog post, Encourage is passionate about serving youth with higher levels of need including medical,...

Treatment foster care

Encourage Foster Care provides trauma-informed training and supportive services to foster and foster-to-adopt families. We specialize in...

Facebook Live Q&A

UPDATE: We are postponing our Foster Care Q&A session until February, but we are always open and available to take your questions. Send...

Making art, making progress

The goal for most youth in foster care is reunification with their biological families. While apart from each other, bio parents focus on...

On any given day in Ohio

On any given day in Ohio, nearly 16,000 children are being cared for away from their parents. They have been removed from their homes due...

2 Hour Tuesday

This has been a year of unknowns and uncertainties. We are incredibly grateful for the safety and stability Encourage foster families...

The greatest need

We recently shared a news article on the Encourage Facebook page about youth in foster care being housed at the Cuyahoga County...

Growing faith in a pandemic

Today’s blog post comes from Jessie Berry, clinical supervisor at Encourage. She shares a powerful story of fostering through faith. See...

Great Grill Off

Encourage Foster Care is part of a family of ministries with Christian Children’s Home of Ohio (CCHO). As a nonprofit organization, we...

The biggest joy

Throughout National Foster Care Month, we’re sharing “Blessings Found in Fostering.” We’ve asked Encourage families and staff to tell us...

Change of plans

Throughout National Foster Care Month, we’re sharing “Blessings Found in Fostering.” We’ve asked Encourage families and staff to tell us...

Giving back

Throughout National Foster Care Month, we’re sharing “Blessings Found in Fostering.” We’ve asked Encourage families and staff to tell us...