Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance - Transition From Relief To Development

Transition From Relief To Development

As an emergency response transitions from addressing immediate needs to longer-term rehabilitation and reconstruction activities, OFDA works with other offices within USAID’s Bureau for Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian Assistance (DCHA) and USAID’s regional bureaus and overseas missions—among other partners— to ensure a seamless hand-off of assistance from relief to development entities.

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