Pub.L. 88-452

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Pub.L. 88-452 is the public law that enacted the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964, launching President Lyndon B. Johnson’s War on Poverty and creating key anti-poverty programs in the United States.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States federal public law ⓘ
associatedWithPolicy Great Society ⓘ
associatedWithPresident Lyndon B. Johnson ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
createsAgency Office of Economic Opportunity ⓘ
createsProgram Community Action Program ⓘ
Head Start ⓘ
linked to: Head Start program

Job Corps ⓘ
VISTA ⓘ
Volunteers in Service to America ⓘ
linked to: AmeriCorps

Work-Study program for students ⓘ
enactedBy 88th United States Congress ⓘ
establishes Office of Economic Opportunity ⓘ
focusesOn anti-poverty programs ⓘ
community action ⓘ
education and training ⓘ
employment opportunities ⓘ
hasComponent Title I – Work Training Programs ⓘ
Title II – Urban and Rural Community Action Programs ⓘ
Title III – Special Programs to Combat Poverty in Rural Areas ⓘ
Title IV – Employment and Investment Incentives ⓘ
Title V – Work-Study Programs ⓘ
Title VI – Administration and Coordination ⓘ
Title VII – Miscellaneous Provisions ⓘ
hasTitle Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 ⓘ
historicalSignificance created a framework for modern U.S. anti-poverty programs ⓘ
launched the federal War on Poverty ⓘ
implementedBy Office of Economic Opportunity ⓘ
legislativeArea education policy ⓘ
labor and employment ⓘ
poverty alleviation ⓘ
social welfare ⓘ
partOf War on Poverty ⓘ
linked to: Great Society
purpose to eliminate poverty in the United States ⓘ
to expand educational opportunities ⓘ
to improve living conditions of low-income Americans ⓘ
to increase the safety net for the poor ⓘ
shortName Economic Opportunity Act ⓘ
signedBy Lyndon B. Johnson ⓘ
President of the United States ⓘ
targetPopulation children from low-income families ⓘ
economically disadvantaged youth ⓘ
low-income individuals ⓘ
unemployed persons ⓘ

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