Return US Home

12/08/2019

This will be an important Supreme Court case to keep an eye on for those who have an interest in or are impacted by the Hague Convention for International Child Abduction:
https://qz.com/1763503/the-world-watches-scotus-in-international-child-abduction-case/ #:~:targetText=A%20case%20about%20international%20child%20abduction%20law%20has%20the%20world%20watching%20SCOTUS&targetText=The%20justices%20will%20be%20reviewing,were%20still%20married%20in%202015.

What happens when parents of different nationalities split up and can't agree on where their kids should be raised?

11/11/2019

Today marks 8-years from the day Eslam and Zainab Chebbi were abducted by their father and taken to Tunisia. From this one, tragic event, Return US Home was started. It seems a miracle that today, Eslam, Zainab and I are together again.

The years are few from now until these amazing little people become the incredible adults and world citizens they seem destined to be. Therefore, I'll be taking a large step back in my advocacy - focusing my efforts for Return US Home on maintaining and updating our website and continuing to produce an engaging and informative blog and interview series.

If you'd like to read about where we are today, please follow the link below: http://bit.ly/8yearscounting

11/11/2019

Today marks 8-years from the day Eslam and Zainab Chebbi were abducted by their father and taken to Tunisia. From this one, tragic event, Return US Home was started. It seems a miracle that today, Eslam, Zainab and I are together again.

The years are few from now until these amazing little people become the incredible adults and world citizens they seem destined to be. Therefore, I'll be taking a large step back in my advocacy - focusing my efforts for Return US Home on maintaining and updating our website and continuing to produce an engaging and informative blog and interview series.

If you'd like to read about where we are today, please follow the link below:
http://bit.ly/8yearscounting

11-11-11 was a tragic day for me. But I wouldn't know it until the following day.

09/15/2019

It's been a while since we've shared an update with you and it's mostly because we've just been so busy behind the scenes! In addition to supporting another family to reunification from an abduction to Lebanon, our Executive Director, Edeanna Barbirou, has spent this summer participating in the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children's Hope Awards; an National Criminal Justice Training Center roundtable discussion for families of missing and abducted children; the The United States Department of Justice 2019 National Missing and Exploited Children's Day ceremony; and, a special training for Team HOPE volunteers (a peer support group of parents of children who are missing or have been exploited who help others experiencing the same or similar trauma). Oh, and we spent a few weeks toiling away to submit our first federal grant proposal and continue our efforts to secure the necessary funding to support Return US Home's efforts, full time.

Here are a few photos of some of our activities as of late.

We hope to reinvigorate our social media presence and begin updating the website again soon!

Thank you for your continued support and engagement to learn and educate others about Parental Child Abduction and remedies for its prevention!

09/15/2019

RUSH Summer 2019

06/13/2019

How can members of act to prevent a child's abduction at U.S. borders? Listen here to find out: http://bit.ly/RUSH-OCI

U.S. Department of State: Consular Affairs
US Customs and Border Protection
FBI – Federal Bureau of Investigation
National Center for Missing & Exploited Children
International Centre for Missing & Exploited Children
International Association of Chiefs of Police
Fox Valley Technical College

In its most recent incidence study of missing children, the Department of Justice (DOJ) indicated that an estimated 200,000 to 230,000 children are abducted ...

06/13/2019

Return US Home had the opportunity to sit down with Scott Renner, Director, Office of Children's Issues at U.S. Department of State: Consular Affairs to discuss both the prevention and response programs that his office provides in cases of international Parental Child Abduction (PCA). Listen in to this important interview and learn how an international abduction can literally be stopped in progress!

http://bit.ly/RUSHBlog-OCI

US Customs and Border Protection
National Center for Missing & Exploited Children
International Centre for Missing & Exploited Children

Listen in to this important interview and learn how an international abduction can literally be stopped in progress!

06/12/2019

If you fear your co-parent may abduct your child(ren), don't suffer in silence! Tune in to learn about the many options available to prevent or respond to PCA: http://bit.ly/RUSHBlog-OCI

U.S. Department of State: Consular Affairs
US Customs and Border Protection

06/12/2019

DYK that an international Parental Child Abduction (PCA) could be stopped in progress? Listen-in as Scott Renner, Director of the Office of Children's Issues at U.S. Department of State: Consular Affairs shares details with Return US Home for families, attorneys and law enforcement on the various services his office provides in these cases.

http://bit.ly/RUSHBlog-OCI

Listen in to this important interview and learn how an international abduction can literally be stopped in progress!

06/12/2019

Our Executive Director, Edeanna Barbirou had the opportunity to sit down with Scott Renner, Director, Office of Children's Issues at the Department of State to discuss both the prevention and response programs that his office provides in cases of international Parental Child Abduction (PCA). Listen in to this important interview and learn how an international abduction can literally be stopped in progress!

In its most recent incidence study of missing children, the Department of Justice (DOJ) indicated that an estimated 200,000 to 230,000 children are abducted ...

01/27/2019

Ever wondered if there were identifiable risk factors for a potential parental child abduction? Well there are. Check out Return US Home's risk factors questionnaire and other informative material at: http://www.returnushome.org/riskfactors