U.S. Foreign Assistance

InterAction strives to educate policymakers about the critical role of U.S. foreign assistance and advocates for robust federal funding for poverty-focused international development and humanitarian programs implemented by U.S.-based NGOs.

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Global Development

Aid Delivers 2021 Launch Event

Understanding the global impact of development and humanitarian action and the critical role of U.S. foreign assistance programs is crucial to the implementation of U.S.

InterAction

Feb 1, 2021

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U.S. Foreign Assistance

Choose to Invest FY 2022

Choose to Invest provides Congress, the administration, and other interested stakeholders with funding recommendations and justifications for 45 poverty-focused accounts and programs

InterAction

Jan 28, 2021

U.S. Foreign Assistance

Celebrating U.S. Leadership in Global Food Security, Agriculture, and Nutrition

As world leaders mobilized to combat the unprecedented food crisis at the U.N. General Assembly last week, InterAction took the fight to end global hunger…

Sara Nitz Nolan

Sep 28, 2022

U.S. Foreign Assistance

Taking a Common-Sense Approach for Children and Youth Policies and Programs

All children and youth—from infancy to adolescence to young adulthood—should have the opportunity to reach their fullest potential. Ongoing global crises, such as the COVID-19…

Caitlin St. Amour

Sep 19, 2022

Global Development

InterAction Statement on the Global Food Security Act Reauthorization of 2022

Facing a global food security crisis, the bipartisan and bicameral introduction of the Global Food Security Act Reauthorization of 2022 cements U.S. leadership to end…

InterAction

Jul 28, 2022

Crises & Countries in Conflict

NGO Call to Action: Our Statement on the Global Food Security Crisis

Right now, 49 million people are at risk of falling into famine. In the next three months, life-threatening hunger is likely to expand for…

InterAction

Jul 20, 2022

Global Development

USAID Administrator Power and Others Tackle Shifting Power in the Context of Global Food and Climate Crises at InterAction Forum 2022

InterAction’s annual Forum brought together organizations, change-makers, and executives from the public, private, and NGO sectors to create a cross-sector conversation that provides solutions to…

InterAction

Jun 22, 2022

Global Development

New White House Action Plan on Global Water Security Announced

On June 1, Vice President Kamala Harris announced the rollout of a new White House Action Plan on Global Water Security. Deputy Secretary…

Chris Askew-Merwin

Jun 3, 2022

U.S. Foreign Assistance

NGOs Sign Statement in Support of Congressional Resolution to Waive Cargo Preference Requirements on Food Aid until 2025

Current cargo preference requirements make it more expensive for U.S. humanitarian food assistance programs to support vulnerable communities around the world. High shipping…

Sara Nitz Nolan

Jun 2, 2022

Crises & Countries in Conflict

Letter to Secretary Blinken on the Escalating Violence in the Occupied Palestinian Territories and Israel

Dear Secretary Blinken, As the CEO of the largest U.S.-based alliance of humanitarian and development organizations working in the region, I write to express my…

InterAction

Sam Worthington

May 26, 2022

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Jenny Marron

Senior Director, Public Policy and Government Affairs

Lisa Peña

Director, Policy, Budget and Appropriations

Noam Unger

Vice President, Development Policy, Advocacy and Learning

U.S. Foreign Assistance

Updates

Aid Delivers 2021 Launch Event

Choose to Invest FY 2022

Celebrating U.S. Leadership in Global Food Security, Agriculture, and Nutrition

Taking a Common-Sense Approach for Children and Youth Policies and Programs

InterAction Statement on the Global Food Security Act Reauthorization of 2022

NGO Call to Action: Our Statement on the Global Food Security Crisis

USAID Administrator Power and Others Tackle Shifting Power in the Context of Global Food and Climate Crises at InterAction Forum 2022

New White House Action Plan on Global Water Security Announced

NGOs Sign Statement in Support of Congressional Resolution to Waive Cargo Preference Requirements on Food Aid until 2025

Letter to Secretary Blinken on the Escalating Violence in the Occupied Palestinian Territories and Israel

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Staff

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