Republic of palau humanitarian and migration-related needs to be used for "assistance to or on behalf of refugees."

The Department of State Bureau of Population Refugees and Migration awarded Miscellaneous Foreign Awardees $7.5 million on December 29, 2025, under the Overseas Refugee Assistance Program for Middle East and North Africa (CFDA 19.519) to provide humanitarian and migration-related assistance to or on behalf of refugees in the Republic of Palau.

The source does not specify the particular products, services, or activities delivered under this award. The federal grant program's stated objective is to help ensure that refugees and victims of conflict have access to basic life-sustaining resources in ways that meet internationally accepted standards of care in shelter, food supply, nutrition, water supply, sanitation, and public health. Recipients are expected to use SPHERE standards as the basis for design, implementation, and evaluation.

The award carries a period of performance ending December 31, 2026, and place of performance identified as the United States. The assistance type is a Project Grant. The full $7.5 million was obligated.