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May 8, 2019
See the possibility
Christian Children’s Home of Ohio (CCHO), the parent organization of Encourage is celebrating 50 years of ministry this year! Throughout...
Apr 23, 2019
Sensory needs
At Encourage, we invest fully in our families and children, and we are committed to supporting our foster parents throughout their entire...
Apr 11, 2019
Encourage Ministry Focus
Our ministry focus at Encourage is fostering and foster to adopt. If you are looking to foster or foster to adopt and possibly take siblings
Apr 4, 2019
Fostering teens
One of Encourage’s greatest needs is foster homes for teenage foster children. Being a teenager is already hard enough. Imagine not...
Mar 26, 2019
Perfect love casts out fear
Christian Children’s Home of Ohio (CCHO), the parent organization of Encourage is celebrating 50 years of ministry this year! Throughout...
Mar 7, 2019
A friend in fostering
Fifty children currently make up our foster care family. Boys. Girls. Preschool to high school and most grades in between. Singers....
Feb 27, 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 11, 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 5, 2019
Setting up foster parents for success
Encourage Director, Jessie Berry, MSSA, LISW-S, reflects on what makes a foster parent successful.
Jan 22, 2019
TBRI in the news
Trust-Based Relational Intervention (TBRI) is an evidenced-based model for parenting traumatized youth. This relational approach to...
Jan 17, 2019
Home studies in process
Celebrate with us! Our network of foster parents is growing. There are currently 14 families in the midst of the home study phase of the...
Jan 9, 2019
What to Expect from Foster Parent Pre-Service Courses
Encourage offers foster parent pre-service courses training multiple times a year. This 24-hour required training is one of the first steps
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