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United Mission for Relief and Development, formerly United Muslim Relief, [1] and abbreviated as UMR, is an international nonprofit organization that specializes in human and recovery services. [ 2 ]
The Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund, also known as ESSER. [1] is a $190 billion program created by the U.S. federal government's economic stimulus response bills, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (), Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARP Act), passed by the 116th and 117th U.S. Congress.
Total UMR enrollment trended upward from 2009 through 2013. [9] In 2009 UMR admitted only first-year students. Beginning in the fall of 2012, courses were available for first-year, sophomore, junior, and senior undergraduate students. UMR's overall enrollment trajectory has been consistently upward from Fall 2016 to Fall 2020.
The Higher Education Relief Opportunities For Students (HEROES) Act (Pub. L. 108–76 (text)) was legislation passed unanimously by the United States Congress and signed into law by President George W. Bush on January 16, 2002. It was extended and amended in 2003, extended in 2005, and made permanent in 2007.
National VOAD is a leader and voice for the nonprofit organizations and volunteers that work in all phases of disaster — preparedness, response, relief, recovery, and mitigation. National VOAD is the primary point of contact for voluntary organization in the National Response Coordination Center (at Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA ...
[1] Today the agency's mission has changed very little. According to the United Methodist Book of Discipline, UMCOR's current responsibility is "To provide immediate relief of acute human need and to respond to the suffering of persons in the world caused by natural, ecological, political turmoil, and civil disaster." [1]
IRUSA was founded in California in 1993. In addition to international relief and development initiatives, Islamic Relief USA also sponsors and funds domestic projects ranging from emergency disaster responses to assisting the American homeless population and supporting those who cannot afford basic healthcare.
In April 2011, the report "Disaster Relief 2.0: The Future of Humanitarian Information Sharing" report was presented at the US Mission to the UN in New York. [2] It was prepared by the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative, in cooperation with the United Nations Foundation, Vodafone Foundation and the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UN OCHA).