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Economic Opportunity Act of 1964; Long title: An Act to mobilize the human and financial resources of the Nation to combat poverty in the United States. Enacted by: the 88th United States Congress: Effective: August 20, 1964: Citations; Public law: Pub. L. Tooltip Public Law (United States) 88–452: Statutes at Large: 78 Stat. 508: Legislative ...
Economic Opportunity Act (EOA), federal legislation establishing a variety of social programs aimed at facilitating education, health, employment, and general welfare for impoverished Americans. It was signed into law in August 1964 by U.S. Pres. Lyndon B. Johnson as one of the landmarks of his War on Poverty and Great Society domestic programs.
508 PUBLIC LAW 88-452-AUG. 20, 1964 Public Law 88-452 [78 STAT. August 20, 1964 AN ACT [S. 2642] ij-o mobilize the human and financial resources of the Nation to combat poverty in the United States. Economic Op portunity Act of 1964. Conse camps. Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives of the
We analyze how the War on Poverty was fought through the lens of the legislation that came to define it: the 1964 Economic Opportunity Act (EOA). 2 This centerpiece legislation created the Office of Economic Opportunity (OEO) to coordinate federal antipoverty initiatives and empower the poor to transform their own communities. The EOA also ...
Nov 17, 2017 · In March 1964, Johnson introduced the Office of Economic Opportunity and the Economic Opportunity Act during a special message to Congress. He’d hoped to help the underprivileged...
The Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 was passed by Congress and became law in August 1964.
The Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 which created the Community Action Program, Job Corps and Volunteers in Service to America (VISTA), centerpiece of the "war on poverty" – August 20, 1964. Food Stamp Act of 1964 – August 31, 1964 [9] Elementary and Secondary Education Act – April 11, 1965.
