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Joint Council on International Children's Services

Joint Council on International Children's Services is a non-profit, international child advocacy organization based in Alexandria, Virginia. The organization is commonly referred to as Joint Council or JCICS.

Mission
The mission of Joint Council is to promote and protect every child's right to a permanent, safe and loving family. Programs & Services

History
Joint Council was founded in 1975 by a group of international child welfare organizations. Their goal was to form a collaborative network of likeminded non-profits who were focused on providing services to children in need. The primary focus of most of these organizations was international adoption.

Joint Council remained an all volunteer professional association from 1975 through 1998. Maureen Evans was the organizations first Executive Director and served through 2001. Antonia Edwardson was the Executive Director from 2001 through 2003. Meghan Hendy became the Executive Director in 2003 and remained through 2006. In 2006 Thomas DiFilipo was hired in the newly created position of President/CEO and remains in that position through today.

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