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Making progress
Throughout National Foster Care Month, we’re sharing “Blessings Found in Fostering.” We’ve asked Encourage families and staff to tell us...
May 20, 2020


Little seeds of faith planted
Throughout National Foster Care Month, we’ll be sharing “Blessings Found in Fostering.” We’ve asked Encourage families and staff to tell...
May 18, 2020


The Power of Connection
Encourage uses the TBRI approach because connecting and belonging is central to the human heart. It is central to how we were created in
Oct 22, 2019


Myers-Briggs: Is It Me?
Earlier this month, Encourage welcomed Rebecca Ryder, MA, NCC, LPCC-S, Managing Clinical Supervisor for Encompass East Counseling to...
Feb 27, 2019


Life Is Short – Buy The Orange Pants
This blog post was originally published in January 2016. The truth of it remains the same so we are sharing it again to bring you...
Feb 11, 2019


Setting up foster parents for success
Encourage Director, Jessie Berry, MSSA, LISW-S, reflects on what makes a foster parent successful.
Feb 5, 2019


Fostering through faith
Faith is an integral part of our culture at Encourage. Sometimes the faith component in fostering starts as a gentle nudge. A knock at...
Dec 11, 2018

Fostering siblings
People often have a negative perception of children in foster care. Just because these children come from hard places and have...
Nov 15, 2018

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