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$272,479,451

Agency for International Development·Agency for International Development

to CATHOLIC RELIEF SERVICES - UNITED STATES CONFERENCE OF CATHOLIC BISHOPS

diplomacyactiveONGOING · MOD OF 2022 CONTRACT
WORK BEGAN2022-12-01·LATEST ACTION2026-05-18·SOURCEUSASPENDING·SOURCE IDASST_NON_720BHA23CA00003_072
Award description

TO PROVIDE EMERGENCY FOOD ASSISTANCE TO PEOPLE FACING SEVERE ACUTE FOOD INSECURITY IN ETHIOPIA

Verbatim from USAspending.gov. Capitalization, abbreviations, and codes are unchanged.

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What the model surfaced from this award

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In plain English

Latest obligation on the 2022 Catholic Relief Services cooperative agreement to provide emergency food assistance to severely food-insecure people in Ethiopia.

Sub-sectors
foreign-aidhumanitarian-assistancefood-security
Why this matters

Addresses acute humanitarian crisis in Ethiopia; reflects U.S. commitment to food security and disaster response in strategically important Horn of Africa region.

U.S.–China competition angle

Positions U.S. humanitarian leadership in East Africa against competing geopolitical influence in the region.

Generated by award_classification v2.1.0 via claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 on 2026-05-19. Cost: $0.002788.

Period of performance
Start
2022-12-01
End
2026-09-30
Status
activein 92 days
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