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September 30, 2022

Equity in Permanency

A condensed history of ISS-USA For almost 100 years, ISS-USA has helped to reunite families separated by borders. Our early history addressed the needs of women traveling alone or with children from Europe to the Americas following World War I. During World War II, ISS-USA helped protect children sent to the U.S. from Germany and other occupied countries. Post Korean...

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