May 2013
CW360° Magazine—'Sick and Tired' by Rise writer Carla Burks
The Spring 2013 issue of  CW360°—focused on the intersection of child welfare and children's disabilities—includes the story 'Sick and Tired' by Rise writer Carla Burks

Mission Impossible
CPS is helping to reconnect my son and me even though I lost my right. By CARLA BURKS

Times' Motherlode blog:
Talking With My Daughter About My Service in Iraq

Rebuilding Ourselves
After Iraq—and removal—I had to heal myself and my daughter.

‘Not Me, Not Ever’
Did my mother become the aggressor so she wouldn’t be the victim?

April 2013
Benjamins, Blowouts and Breakups
What comes between poor fathers and their families?

'Don’t Forget Me, Mi Hija'
My daughter’s mother wants nothing to do with me.

Sugar Daddy
I saw myself as a provider, not a dealer.

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Rise Reprints

Rise reprints provide guidance to child welfare leadership. Stories are regularly reprinted in newsletters and policy journals aimed at improving child welfare practice, such as Child Welfare Watch in New York City; the National Resource Center for Family and Child-Centered Policy and Practice, at Hunter College; VOICE, the newsletter of Casey Family Services; Youth Today, a newspaper for youth workers; Fostering Perspectives, a newspaper for foster parents; FOCUS, the journal of therapeutic foster families; Nurturing Times, a newsletter by fathers in Washington State; and Child Law Practice, published by the American Bar Association.

We encourage organizations to use our stories in newsletters and policy reports. Here’s how some organizations have used our stories to inform parents, child welfare practitioners and policymakers:

Permanency Planning Today
The National Resource Center for Family-Centered Practice and Permanency Planning Spring 2009 issue on engaging families:
Stories by Youshell Williams and Sylvia Perez

Child Welfare Watch, New York, NY
Winter 2009 issue on parents with mental illness:
Story by Erica Harrigan

Foster Family-based Treatment Association
Fall 2008 issue on working with biological families:
Story by Youshell Williams

Fostering Perspectives, North Carolina
November, 2008 issue;
Rise reported story and personal story by Lynne Miller

News Notes, Ohio
Summer 2009 newsletter, Cuyahoga County Department of Children and Families
Story by Pamela Hughes