Economic Opportunity Act of 1964

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The Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 was a landmark U.S. federal law that launched key anti-poverty programs such as Job Corps, Head Start, and community action agencies as part of President Lyndon B. Johnson’s War on Poverty.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States federal statute ⓘ
anti-poverty legislation ⓘ
aimedTo eliminate poverty in the United States ⓘ
empower low-income individuals ⓘ
encourage community development ⓘ
expand educational opportunities ⓘ
increase employment and job training ⓘ
associatedWith Lyndon B. Johnson ⓘ
War on Poverty ⓘ
linked to: Great Society
authorizedAppropriations $947.5 million for the first year ⓘ
communityActionAuthorizedBy Title II ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
createdAgency Office of Economic Opportunity ⓘ
createdProgram Adult Basic Education programs ⓘ
Community Action Agencies ⓘ
Community Action Program ⓘ
Head Start ⓘ
linked to: Head Start program

Job Corps ⓘ
Neighborhood Youth Corps ⓘ
Rural loans program ⓘ
Small business loans program ⓘ
VISTA ⓘ
Volunteers in Service to America ⓘ
Work-Study program ⓘ
dateSigned 1964-08-20 ⓘ
enactedBy 88th United States Congress ⓘ
headStartAuthorizedBy Title II ⓘ
historicalSignificance cornerstone of federal anti-poverty policy in the 1960s ⓘ
jobCorpsAuthorizedBy Title I ⓘ
laterAmendedBy Economic Opportunity Amendments of 1967 ⓘ
subsequent Great Society legislation ⓘ
longTitle An Act to mobilize the human and financial resources of the Nation to combat poverty in the United States ⓘ
partOf Great Society ⓘ
War on Poverty ⓘ
linked to: Great Society
policyArea education policy ⓘ
labor and employment policy ⓘ
social welfare policy ⓘ
presidentDuringEnactment Lyndon B. Johnson ⓘ
publicLawNumber Public Law 88-452 ⓘ
shortTitle Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 ⓘ
signedBy Lyndon B. Johnson ⓘ
someProgramsTransferredTo Department of Health, Education, and Welfare ⓘ
Department of Labor ⓘ
sponsoredBy Lyndon B. Johnson administration ⓘ
statutesAtLargeCitation 78 Stat. 508 ⓘ
targetPopulation economically disadvantaged communities ⓘ
low-income individuals ⓘ
unemployed youth ⓘ
vistaAuthorizedBy Title I ⓘ
yearEnacted 1964 ⓘ

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Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 → shortTitle → Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 ⓘ
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Job Corps → legalBasis → Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 ⓘ
88th United States Congress → passed → Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 ⓘ
Manpower Development and Training Act of 1962 → influenced → Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 ⓘ
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Community Services Block Grant → predecessor → Community Action Program under the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 ⓘ
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Public Law 87-415 → relatedTo → War on Poverty programs ⓘ
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Public Law 87-415 → relatedTo → Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 ⓘ
Food Stamp Act of 1977 → relatedTo → War on Poverty programs ⓘ
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Office of Economic Opportunity → createdBy → Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 ⓘ
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Legal Services Program → legalBasis → Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 ⓘ
Improving Head Start for School Readiness Act of 2007 → relatedTo → War on Poverty programs ⓘ
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Ralph Yarborough → supported → War on Poverty programs ⓘ
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