Rise’s Parent Advocate Training Program provides training to parents impacted by the system who are working as Parent Advocates. The training prepares Parent Advocates to support families with achieving faster family reunification by equipping Parent Advocates with information, tools and resources to share with parents.

During the online graduation, you’ll hear from Jeanette Vega Brown, Rise Co-Executive Director, and Teresa Marrero, Rise Parent Advocate Training Coordinator, about the Parent Advocate training elements and the value of Parent Advocates. You will also hear from graduates about their experiences and takeaways from Rise’s Parent Advocate training.

Rise’s Fall 2022 cohort ran from September 20 through October 13 and provided training for impacted parents working as Parent Advocates in NYC foster and preventive agencies.

The Rise Parent Advocate Training Program prepares Advocates working in NYC foster agencies to support parents with:

• navigating the system to reunify more quickly

• navigating the trauma and emotions of their case

• strengthening self-advocacy skills

• building a support network and connections to safe, accessible resources—so that, once parents reunify with their children, they do not re-enter the system

Graduation will be held via Zoom.

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