Sec. 202. Strengthening regional humanitarian responses
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The Secretary of State, in consultation with the Secretary, and in coordination with international partners, including the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, shall support and coordinate with the government of each country hosting a significant population of refugees and asylum seekers from El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras— to establish and expand temporary shelter and shelter network capacity to meet the immediate protection and humanitarian needs of refugees and asylum seekers, including shelters for families, women, unaccompanied children, and other vulnerable populations; to deliver to refugees and asylum seekers humanitarian assistance that— is sensitive to gender identity and sexual orientation, trauma, and age; and includes access to accurate information, legal representation, education, livelihood opportunities, cash assistance, mental and physical health care, and other services; to establish and expand sexual, gender-based, intimate partner, and intra-family violence prevention, recovery, and humanitarian programming; to fund national and community humanitarian organizations in humanitarian response; and to support local integration initiatives to help refugees and asylum seekers rebuild their lives and contribute in a meaningful way to the local economy in their host country.