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• The State of Childcare in NY State: A Need for Respite Care

  Rise began this childcare campaign after our PAR Report published in September 2021 informed us that a lack of childcare was an entry point for some families into the web of child welfare involvement.

• Rise’s Language Glossary

  We are excited to announce the release of Rise’s glossary of harmful language within system practices. We partnered with Casey Foundations last year to create an article that highlights the impact that language has in child welfare. In order to support families,... Read More

• 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 in winter 2021 in partnership with TakeRoot Justice. Imaginative and sometimes painful community conversations with 48 people impacted by ACS provide the foundation of this... Read More

• Target Conditions, Not Families

  Parents call on NYC’s next mayor and City Council to reverse our city’s over-investment in family policing and under-investment in communities

  New York City’s next mayor and incoming City Council will inherit a vastly inequitable and harmful family policing system.... Read More