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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
For 98 years, International Social Service (ISS) has worked shoulder to shoulder as a global network in 130 countries to protect children, adults and families separated by borders. Throughout our history, we have been called upon to provide services in world wars, conflicts and humanitarian disasters, and we have done so with objectivity, neutrality, and with the primary goal of acting in the best interest of children. As the armed conflict unfolds in Ukraine, the ISS network is prepared to advocate for children and families, provide services where needed as families cross borders, and ensure that both in the short and long term, children remain or are reunited with families, they are protected, and there are durable solutions for children to reach their full potential.
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