Author: Marie Blum
Mary E. Hurlbutt: Woman Explorer
Mary E. Hurlbutt, born in 1888 in Greenwich, Connecticut, is renowned for her distinguished career as a social worker and immigrants' rights activist. Having completed her education at Columbia University's New York School of Social Work, Hurlbutt furthered her expertise...
Equity in Permanency: Global Paper
1 Year of War
ISS Network Statement on War in Ukraine
One year into a waging war that has caused thousands of civilian victims and displaced millions, it is time that guns are silenced, human suffering is terminated, and peace prevails. Today, 24th February 2023 marks the sad anniversary of the...
Brothers Beyond Borders
The Importance of Sibling Relationships in Determining Placement
Over nearly a century of working in child welfare, we have learned the value of preserving family relationships. For this reason, ISS-USA has always sought to establish space for family members to create and maintain relationships, regardless of where...
Finding Family Against All Odds
Local church helps to reunite mother and daughter
Over the past 2 year, ISS-USA has been working with a cross border family to reunite a mother living in Guatemala with her daughter who was adopted by a family in the Netherlands. Just after the case was received, COVID...
Family Reunification: Including Transnational Families
Ann Laquer Estin on Serving Nine Years on ISS-USA’s Board
No other public or private agency is positioned to provide the important cross-border child protection and family preservation services available through ISS-USA and its global network. I was introduced to ISS through my work as a law professor at the...
The Glaring Gap in Family-Finding and Family-Placement
Tom Rawlings in Response to Equity in Permanency Planning by International Social Service-USA (ISS-USA) Over the past few years, many state and tribal child welfare agencies have made great progress placing children with relatives if those children have suffered maltreatment...
Stronger Together: Supporting Separated Families is a Family Affair
ISS-USA thanks Susan and Barry Jacobs, their son and daughter in law Sam Jacobs and Camille Zarsky Jacobs. Susan and Barry have served in a variety of high level diplomatic posts around the globe and raised globally minded children. Susan...