{"id":40266,"date":"2026-03-20T17:36:58","date_gmt":"2026-03-20T21:36:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/state-department-creates-12-global-disaster-response-centers\/"},"modified":"2026-03-20T17:36:58","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T21:36:58","slug":"state-department-creates-12-global-disaster-response-centers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/state-department-creates-12-global-disaster-response-centers\/","title":{"rendered":"State Department Creates 12 Global Disaster Response Centers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"666\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/news-1774042618210.jpg?resize=1000%2C666&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-40265\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/news-1774042618210.jpg?w=1000&amp;ssl=1 1000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/news-1774042618210.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/news-1774042618210.jpg?resize=768%2C511&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n<p>WASHINGTON \u2014 Federal officials announced Friday they will establish 12 regional disaster response centers across the globe as part of a restructured approach to international humanitarian assistance.<\/p><p>The State Department&#8217;s newly created Bureau of Disaster and Humanitarian Response will operate from Washington headquarters with approximately 200 employees, according to Friday&#8217;s announcement. However, field operations will be managed through the dozen regional centers positioned throughout Latin America, Asia, Europe and Africa.<\/p><p>Relief organizations have widely condemned the Trump administration&#8217;s decision to eliminate USAID, the federal agency that served as America&#8217;s primary foreign aid platform for many years. The replacement bureau will focus exclusively on disaster relief and emergency assistance as a component of a broader foreign aid oversight office.<\/p><p>Foreign assistance funding has faced severe reductions under the current administration, especially programs addressing climate change and social justice initiatives. However, officials committed $2 billion to the U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs in late 2023, creating a channel for directing aid to targeted organizations and nations requiring assistance.<\/p><p>The dozen regional centers will operate from Miami; Bogota, Colombia; Guatemala City; Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic; Kyiv, Ukraine; Amman, Jordan; Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; Nairobi, Kenya; Dakar, Senegal; Bangkok; Dhaka, Bangladesh; and Manila, Philippines.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The U.S. State Department announced Friday it will establish 12 regional disaster response centers worldwide as part of a new humanitarian aid bureau. The move comes after the Trump administration dismantled USAID and significantly reduced foreign assistance spending.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":40265,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[833],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40266","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/news-1774042618210.jpg?fit=1000%2C666&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pbtNqq-ats","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":45995,"url":"https:\/\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/new-dhs-chief-eliminates-spending-rule-that-slowed-fema-disaster-aid\/","url_meta":{"origin":40266,"position":0},"title":"New DHS Chief Eliminates Spending Rule That Slowed FEMA Disaster Aid","author":"Admin","date":"April 1, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin has eliminated a controversial policy requiring his personal approval for all department spending over $100,000. 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