Publications and Resources

Recent Series

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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Reports & Briefs

An Unavoidable System: The Harms of Family Policing and Parents’ Vision for Investing in Community Care
This report shares the results of a participatory action research project that Rise conducted... Read More
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Target Conditions, Not Families
Parents call on NYC’s next mayor and City Council to reverse our city’s over-investment... Read More
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TIPS Handouts

TIPS for Visiting During COVID-19
We know that if you’re visiting your children in foster care only by video... Read More
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Rise TIPS on Service Planning – Set of 4 Handouts
This set of 4 TIPS handouts on service planning are written by and for parents... Read More
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Rise Visiting TIPS – Set of 4 Handouts
Rise’s TIPS handouts offer parents clear information and peer guidance to navigate their cases.... Read More
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Insights Papers

INSIGHTS #3: Someone to Turn To: A Vision for Creating Networks of Parent Peer Care
This Insights paper presents Rise’s vision for a peer network of collective care... Read More
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Insights #2: A Guide to Improving Frontline Practice with Parents in the Child Welfare System
This paper presents Rise’s recommendations for improving frontline practice with parents in the child... Read More
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INSIGHTS #1: A guide to partnering with parents to break the cycle of intergenerational foster care placement
Since 2012, Rise’s special project for young parents who grew up in foster care—called... Read More
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Workbooks

Breaking a Painful Pattern
Designed to support and guide parents with who are in recovery from an addiction... Read More
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Healing Ourselves, Healing Our Children
Parents who grew up with chaos, trauma, or family separation need guidance to build... Read More
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It Won’t Happen Again
When children act out after reunification, parents often feel overwhelmed. These stories help parents... Read More
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Building a Bridge
20 stories by parents, foster parents, and teens + 14 worksheets help parents and... Read More
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A Time to Bond
Eight true stories show how parents have succeeded in bonding with children in foster... Read More
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Rise Booklets

Stepping Into Fatherhood

Children do better when their fathers are involved in raising them yet many fathers... 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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