A Story That Came Full Circle: One Family's Connection to PCHAS

Nov 03, 2026

For Amie Terrana, PCHAS has been part of her family's story for many years. What began as support for a teenager finding her way has grown into something even more meaningful: the opportunity for her own children to experience that same care and encouragement. Read More

Charting a New Course

Jun 17, 2021

When Daniel met Kenda, a specialist in PCHAS’ Child and Family Program, he said that he wanted to learn better parenting skills. “He had a model for meeting a family’s financial needs, but not their emotional needs,” Kenda explains. Read More

2021 PCHAS Graduates

Jun 15, 2021

PCHAS is proud to shine the spotlight on our 2021 graduates! Read More

What Makes a Great Foster Parent? Being Willing To Do Hard Things

May 20, 2021

When families understand their purpose in the lives of children, they can flex through the twists and turns that come with fostering and navigate the joy and pain in healthy ways. We’re grateful for Amber and Jared and so many foster and adoptive families like them that choose daily to do hard things so that kids are safe and feel loved. Read More

How We Root for Birth Families

Apr 30, 2021

Fostering families aren’t expected to resolve generations of pain and hardship, but the support of a foster parent can mean the world to a birth parent who feels they have no one in their corner. Read More

Parenting Tips: How to Deal with Little Kids’ Big Emotions

Apr 26, 2021

How can parents help their children with emotions that seem too hot to handle? Read More

They Can't Give What They Didn't Receive

Apr 25, 2021

We must face facts that many parents today who are raising children grew up in families with a lack of safety, health, connection and school readiness themselves. They cannot give their children what they did not receive. We have to help, teach and empower them to do better. Read More

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