In “Turnaround Looms in Federal Funding to Prevent Child Abuse” Rise’s Editorial Director Rachel Blustain reports on a bill to strengthen funding for preventive and aftercare services:
“On August 5, Senator Ron Wyden of Oregon introduced legislation, The Family Stability and Kinship Care Act, that if passed would for the first time uncap federal funding for the kinds of preventive services that helped that mother keep her youngest child out of foster care. Rep. Lloyd Doggett, … Read More
Rise’s Nicole Goodwin narrates a poem by Tahitia Foggie, with images of Rise writers Sonia Diaz, Piazadora Footman and Erica Harrigan-Orr and their families. Video by Todd Somodevilla and Melissa Silverman.
The Children’s Bureau, part of the federal Administration for Children and Families, featured Rise’s Winter 2015 issue on young mothers who grew up in foster care in its newsletter, Children’s Bureau Express. CBX wrote:
In the winter 2015 issue of Rise magazine, mothers who were raised in foster care describe their experiences in care and their desire to build stable families. The young mothers share their fears regarding having their own children removed and placed in … Read More
Dominique Arrington, Jeanette Vega, Lakisha Johnson, Teresa Bachiller, Robbyne Wiley and Commissioner Gladys Carrión (clockwise from upper left)
Rise’s Parent Leadership Team met with ACS Commissioner Gladys Carrión June 22 to present results of conversations with 40 parents about their experiences and priorities for change.
Read their recommendations here.
Discussion focused on parents’ need for information about the foster care process, access to parent advocates and peer support, transparency around the process of addressing concerns about children’s … Read More
To prepare for a conversation with ACS Commissioner Gladys Carrión, Rise parent leaders gathered the perspectives of 40 parents with open or recent foster care cases through focus groups at Bronx Defenders, Center for Family Representation and Graham Windham in early June. Rise’s parent leaders – all parents with first-hand experience with the child welfare system – gathered parents’ perspectives on what has helped or hurt them in their efforts to reunite with their children in … Read More
