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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
Fighting for Our Rights
This series is about parents’ legal rights and representation, as well as related legislation.... Read More
Surveillance Isn’t Safety
This series exposes the harm of punishing parents instead of addressing the root causes... Read More
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
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