OEO

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OEO is the acronym for the U.S. federal Office of Economic Opportunity, a 1960s-era agency created to administer anti-poverty programs under President Lyndon B. Johnson’s War on Poverty.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
OEO canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf President of the United States ⓘ
United States federal agency ⓘ
United States federal statute ⓘ
anti-poverty program ⓘ
civil legal aid program ⓘ
domestic policy initiative ⓘ
early childhood education program ⓘ
federal job training program ⓘ
national service program ⓘ
abbreviation OEO ⓘ
VISTA ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
createdBy Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 ⓘ
createdUnderPresident Lyndon B. Johnson ⓘ
dissolved 1970s ⓘ
field economic policy ⓘ
public administration ⓘ
social policy ⓘ
hasAlternativeName OEO ⓘ
historicalEra Great Society ⓘ
inception 1964 ⓘ
initiatedBy Lyndon B. Johnson ⓘ
jurisdiction Federal government of the United States ⓘ
locatedIn Washington, D.C. ⓘ
mainPurpose administer anti-poverty programs ⓘ
coordinate War on Poverty programs ⓘ
operatedDuring 1960s ⓘ
1970s ⓘ
partOf Executive Office of the President of the United States ⓘ
partOfProgram War on Poverty ⓘ
linked to: Great Society
policyFocus community development ⓘ
economic opportunity expansion ⓘ
education and job training ⓘ
poverty reduction ⓘ
replacedBy Community Services Administration ⓘ
responsibleForProgram Community Action Program ⓘ
Head Start (early years) ⓘ
linked to: Head Start program

Job Corps ⓘ
Legal Services Program ⓘ
Volunteers in Service to America ⓘ
linked to: AmeriCorps
signedBy Lyndon B. Johnson ⓘ
standsFor Office of Economic Opportunity ⓘ
supervisedBy Director of the Office of Economic Opportunity ⓘ
topic War on Poverty in the United States ⓘ
linked to: Great Society

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Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Office of Economic Opportunity → abbreviation → OEO ⓘ
subject linked to: OEO
Office of Economic Opportunity → hasAlternativeName → OEO ⓘ
subject linked to: OEO