EverForward

26/10/2026

Thank you to Tampa Bay Business & Wealth Magazine for featuring EverForward in the October issue! 🧡

We are grateful for the opportunity to share our story, highlight the incredible work being done at EverForward, and bring greater awareness to the needs of children in foster care.

Every child deserves more than just having their basic needs met. Together, we can continue raising the standard of care and making a difference in the lives of the children we serve. 🧡

22/10/2026

Thank you to TOP 100 INFLUENTIAL WOMEN OF FLORIDA for honoring our President/CEO, Tonya Ruble Richter, today! 💕🤍✨

The energy in this room is difficult to put into words! Surrounded by so many inspiring women who are leading, uplifting, and empowering one another, it’s a beautiful reminder of what happens when women support women.

We are so proud to see Tonya recognized among these incredible women for her leadership, passion, and commitment to making a difference! 💕

-Audrey Wright

17/10/2026

17/10/2026

🌧️🧡 Rain or shine, this is what showing up for children looks like!

A heartfelt THANK YOU to St. Pete Young Professionals for spending your Saturday in the rain beautifying the landscaping at one of EverForward’s boys’ therapeutic group homes!

At EverForward, we believe every child involved in the child welfare system deserves more than a safe place to stay. They deserve a home that reflects their worth, a community that believes in their future, and the opportunity to heal, grow, and thrive.

Today was about so much more than landscaping. It was about showing young people who have experienced difficult circumstances that they are seen, they are valued, and their community has not forgotten them.

🧡 And here’s our challenge to the St. Pete community: Don’t underestimate the difference YOU can make.

You don’t have to work in child welfare to change a child’s life. You just have to care enough to show up. Whether it’s volunteering your time, sharing your talents, engaging your workplace, or bringing a group of friends together for a service project, there is a place for YOU in this mission.

Stronger communities create stronger futures for children. And transforming child welfare takes all of us.

To the incredible young professionals who showed up today, rain and all, THANK YOU for being part of the village our children deserve. We are beyond grateful! 🧡

St. Pete, who’s ready to show up next? Let’s turn compassion into action and build a community where every child knows they matter.

17/10/2026

Thanks so much to St.Pete Young Professionals for their work on beautifying one of our boys' group homes today!!

11/09/2026

Today, we welcomed our 11th boy into a home that, earlier this year, we almost closed.

At one point, we were down to just one boy in this home. The house needed a complete rebuild—physically, operationally, and culturally. And honestly, it would have been easier to look at the numbers and decide it wasn’t worth it. But we knew better.

Because this work has never been about numbers.
We stopped checking boxes.
We stopped saying yes to every referral.
We stopped treating every employment application as simply another person to fill a position.
Instead, we became deliberate.
Deliberate about who we welcome into our homes.
Deliberate about who we welcome onto our teams.
Deliberate about leadership.
Deliberate about relationships.
Deliberate about looking at every child through a trauma-informed lens and asking, What does this child need from us to begin healing?
We kept amazing staff.
We brought in more amazing staff.
We rebuilt leadership.
We repaired and transformed the physical space.
But the biggest transformation can't be measured in renovations.
It's the vibe of the house.
It's the smiles on our kids' faces.
It's the personalized bedrooms that feel like their spaces.
It's the structure and reward systems that give our boys something to work toward.
It's the enrichment, the laughter, the camaraderie.
It's staff supporting one another—and staff from one home supporting the staff and kids in another.
It's watching kids who came to us carrying so much begin to experience something different.
A sense of belonging.
A sense of pride.
A sense that they matter.

Today, welcoming our 11th boy wasn't just another admission. It was a reminder of how far this home has come. From almost closing…to becoming a home we are incredibly proud of. This is what happens when we stop checking boxes and start changing outcomes.
This is EverForward. 💙

20/08/2026

We are incredibly excited to welcome E&E Gliddon Home Services as EverForward’s newest community partner!💛
After learning that the boys in our older boys’ home had been without a properly functioning AC system, Anna Kendall and Ergys Hisa, the husband-and-wife owners of E&E Gliddon, stepped in immediately.
The very same evening they were connected with EverForward, a technician was on-site evaluating the system. Less than 48 hours later, E&E Gliddon installed a brand-new AC unit valued at approximately $14,000—completely donated.
And they didn’t stop there! Their team also brought co****le and other games for the children, showing us that they weren’t just thinking about the home—they were thinking about the kids who live there.
A huge thank you to our newest Board Member and Professional Advisory Committee member, Tamara Galla, for making the introduction, and to Anna, Ergys, and the entire E&E Gliddon team for showing what it truly means to show up for your community.
Our boys are cool, comfortable, and feeling the love. 💛 At EverForward, we talk often about raising the standard of care. Our goal is not simply to meet requirements or check boxes. We want the children entrusted to us to have opportunities, experiences, relationships, and environments that communicate something much bigger: You matter. Your comfort matters. Your childhood matters. Your future matters.
Welcome to the EverForward family, E&E Gliddon!

18/08/2026

As another step forward on our path to reaching and supporting our kids in new and meaningful ways, we’re excited to add equine therapy to the services we offer. 🐴❤️

Creating more opportunities for healing, connection, and growth is what EverForward is all about. (More information coming soon!)

15/08/2026

This is our Residential leadership team. This room represents so much hard work and dedication to the mission of serving. Of making a difference. And of persevering through the hard and challenging spots because our kids and staff deserve it. This team has been intentionally built over the past year and a half. Three of these women are new to EverForward, and the other five were already part of our organization and have been promoted to their current leadership roles.

This is an example of how a committed group of people can move mountains. Our group homes are now "more home, less facility ", with trauma-informed staff and leadership, who are dedicated to seeing our kids as individuals and meeting them where they are-- all to begin the healing path ahead of them. This is where change happens. Because healing doesn't happen by checking boxes. It happens through relationships, consistency, trust, safety, and people who refuse to give up.

12/08/2026

The statistics on kids from foster care as adults are staggering:
50% graduate high school
4% attend college
3% get a degree
3x su***de rate
Up to 40% recidivism, being involved with their own kids in the child welfare system
1 in 3 pregnant by 19
45% unemployed by 23
1 in 4 incarcerated within few years of aging out

Despite all the well-intentioned people and systems, we are not doing enough to help kids heal from abuse, neglect, and trauma. I am so thankful for the platform we're creating to spread awareness and create change in how we show up for the kids who need and deserve it. ❤️‍🩹