Relief Work -- organization & administration -- United States : Healthy, resilient, and sustainable communities after disasters : strategies, opportunities, and planning for recovery / Committee on Post-Disaster Recovery of a Community's Public Health, Medical, and Social Services, Board on Health Sciences Policy, Institute of Medicine of the National Academies
Assistance, such as money, food, or shelter, given to the needy, aged, or victims of disaster. It is usually granted on a temporary basis. (From The American Heritage Dictionary, 2d college ed)