Civil Affairs Exam 1 Practice Test

In NEO planning, the Department of Health and Human Services is the lead Federal agency for receiving and processing evacuees once they arrive in the United States, coordinating medical care, public health, and welfare support. This role centers on health and welfare needs on U.S. soil, ensuring evacuees are medically cared for and integrated into the system smoothly. Overseas evacuation operations are managed by the Department of Defense and the Department of State, while border enforcement falls to the Department of Homeland Security. So this choice best captures DHHS’s responsibility for reception and repatriation of evacuees to the U.S.