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CFE-DMHA Fulfills Important Needs But Is at a Critical Time in Its Existence

• The center has been struggling for years to fulfill a broad set of disaster-management missions and activities set by Congress and DoD.
• Overall, the CFE-DMHA's effectiveness in providing and facilitating education, training, and research in civil-military operations in the international DMHA arena; making available high-quality DMHA in response to disasters; developing a repository of disaster risk indicators; and performing other tasks as assigned by the Secretary of Defense has been mixed.
• Three key issues — internal administrative challenges, mandate not aligning with resources, and insufficient oversight and guidance — represent endemic problems for the center that have created difficulties in its dealings with external entities.
• The current director is undertaking initiatives to address these issues, including narrowing the focus of the center, increasing the number of U.S. government staff, and seeking more-consistent funding.
• CFE-DMHA meets important demands that will only grow in the future, and it should not be abolished.

Global Demand Warrants a CFE-DMHA with a Truly Global Outlook

• There is a need for a continued high level of CFE-DMHA activity in the Asia-Pacific, but there are also requirements across DoD and in other regions that could be filled by a global DMHA entity.
• CFE-DMHA cannot meet its global mandate in its current form or with existing levels of resources.