Common use of General Background Clause in Contracts

General Background. The U.S. Repatriation Program (Program) was established in 1935 under Section 1113 of the Social Security Act (Assistance for U.S. Citizens Returned from Foreign Countries), to provide temporary assistance to U.S. citizens and their dependents who have been identified by the Department of State (DOS) as having returned, or been brought from a foreign country, to the U.S. because of destitution, illness, war, threat of war, or a similar crisis, and are without available resources. Upon arrival in the U.S., services for repatriates are the responsibility of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), under the Administration for Children and Families (ACF), Office of Human Services Emergency Preparedness & Response (OHSEPR).