The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) is an independent agency of the United States government that is primarily responsible for administering civilian foreign aid and development assistance.. USAID was established in 1961 by President John F. Kennedy to unite several existing foreign assistance organizations and programs under one agency.

1 day ago · When U.S. Agency for International Development and the State Department told their contractors to pause all work, Sadie Healy expected the impact to be “horrendous.”. But Healy, who runs a small global health consulting firm, Molloy Consultants, realized no one was documenting how bad the freeze on U.S. foreign aid would be.

1 day ago · WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Agency for International Development has lost almost all ability to track $8.2 billion in unspent humanitarian aid following the Trump administration’s foreign funding freeze and idling of staffers, a government watchdog warned Monday.. The administration’s fast-moving dismantling of the agency has left oversight of the aid “largely nonoperational,” USAID ...

1 day ago · The Trump Administration’s decision to pause and review United States’ foreign assistance programs and to restructure the U.S. Agency for International Development has raised a question about future U.S. commitment to foreign assistance. USAID is the government’s primary aid agency, estimated to have distributed over $43 billion dollars ...

5 days ago · In fiscal 2023, USAID distributed nearly $43.8 billion in aid, about three of every five foreign-assistance dollars. Starting in late January, however, the Trump administration began trying to dismantle USAID by laying off most of its employees, pausing many of its funding activities and moving those that remain inside the State Department.

Feb 3, 2025 · Established by President John F. Kennedy in 1961, the U.S. Agency for International Development provides billions in humanitarian assistance overseas.

3 days ago · As the Trump’s administration’s 90-day freeze on nearly all US foreign aid continues into a third week, thousands of USAID personnel were expected to be placed on administrative leave or fired ...

Feb 4, 2025 · USAID supports hundreds of projects focused on water security, in Jordan, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, India, and dozens of other nations. An estimated 4 billion people globally...

Dec 19, 2024 · ForeignAssistance.gov is the U.S. government’s flagship website for making U.S. foreign assistance data available to the public. It serves as the central resource for budgetary and financial data produced by U.S. government agencies that manage foreign assistance portfolios.

Feb 3, 2025 · According to the US government’s official website, USAID is the “principal US agency to extend assistance to countries recovering from disaster, trying to escape poverty, and engaging in...