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Building a Peer and Community Care Network
This series shares our learning about, and vision for, peer and community care to... Read More
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Fighting for Our Rights
This series is about parents’ legal rights and representation, as well as related legislation.... Read More
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Surveillance Isn’t Safety
This series exposes the harm of punishing parents instead of addressing the root causes... Read More
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The Power of Parent Advocacy
In this issue, we celebrate the hard work, perseverance and success of the parent... Read More
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(Service) Planning For Your Future
Once a child is removed from home, service plans (or case plans) become a... Read More
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The Price of Parenting While Poor
For many parents living in poverty, the shame and powerlessness that come along with... Read More
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Adoption: Broken Bonds
Across the country, roughly 50,000 children are adopted from foster care each year. They... Read More
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Facing an Investigation
Facing a child protective investigation, it can feel like the investigator has all... Read More
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Stepping Into Fatherhood
Children do better when their fathers are involved in raising them yet many fathers... Read More
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Someone to Turn To
Many struggling parents feel very alone, and isolation can put parents and children in... Read More
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Visit Coaching: A Parent-to-Parent Guide
Visit Coaching is a service to support parents in making the most of visits... Read More
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What It Takes
All parents need places where they feel safe and supported. Parents who grew up... Read More
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Generations in Foster Care
When you grow up in foster care and become a mother, your greatest hope... Read More
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Facing Race in Child Welfare
Children of color—especially Black and Native American children—enter foster care at higher rates than... Read More
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Nuestras Historias
10 cuentos escritos por madres Hispanas. Rise es una revista escrita por y para... Read More
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One Step at a Time
If your children have been removed, the stories in this booklet will take you... Read More
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It’s OK to Need Support
If you need help keeping your children safe or resolving family conflicts, the stories... Read More
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Healing Together: A Parent-Child Therapy Resource Guide
Most parents whose children enter foster care are required to take parenting classes. However,... Read More
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The Impact of Trauma on Parenting
Parents who have suffered trauma in their own childhoods want to give their children... Read More
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Your Lawyer and You
When you enter the courtroom with a child welfare case, you can feel like... Read More
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Facing Violence at Home
Witnessing violence harms children, and children often enter foster care because of violence at... Read More
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Raising Teens in Tough Neighborhoods
When children become teens, their peers become more important to them, and their schools... Read More
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The Long Shadow of Foster Care
When children come home from foster care, parents hope they can leave the trauma... Read More
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Addiction in the Family
When parents struggle with addiction, other family members can help keep children safe and... Read More
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Making the Most of Visits
When children go into foster care, visits are a chance for families to maintain... Read More
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Raising Children with Emotional or Behavioral Problems
Children who come to the attention of the child welfare system have very high... Read More
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Special Issue: From Rights to Reality
From Rights to Reality is designed to unite parents and parent advocacy around a... Read More
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Parenting with Mental Illness
Parents with mental illness face extraordinary obstacles to reuniting with children placed in foster... Read More
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Facing Termination of Parental Rights
While the majority of children placed in foster care return home to family, many... Read More
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Helping Your Children Succeed in School
Children who have been in foster care often face difficulties succeeding in school. Children... Read More
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Building Relationships with Foster Parents
Positive relationships between parents and foster parents help children feel more secure while in... Read More
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Fathers’ Rights and Roles
Children do better when their fathers are involved in raising them, yet child welfare... Read More
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Healing Ourselves For Our Children
Parents who were abused or neglected as children, or grew up in foster care,... Read More
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Parenting from Prison
Incarcerated parents with children in foster care face many challenges staying connected. It can... Read More
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Immigrant Parents: Raising Children in a New Country
Immigrant parents who are investigated by the child welfare system often need extra help... Read More
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Recovering from Sexual Abuse
While few children nationwide enter foster care solely because of sexual abuse, it affects... Read More
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Caring for Your Baby
Babies bring great joy but also great stress to families, and many parents don’t... Read More
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Protecting Children from Domestic Violence
Many families come to the attention of the child welfare system because of domestic... Read More
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Raising Our Voices: Parent Advocacy
Across the country, birth parents are working to improve how the child welfare system... Read More
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Together Again: Reunification
When children come home from foster care, parents and kids have to get to... Read More
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Handling An Investigation
The system can be a source of support or stress to families.... Read More
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Drug Treatment
Many children enter foster care because their parents are struggling with an addiction to... Read More
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Visits: Staying Connected While Your Child Is In Care
Rise’s very first issue is about staying connected to your children while they’re in... Read More