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Economic Opportunity Act 1964
included several social programs to prokote health, education and general welfare of impoverished most programs have been cut, modified, or weakened. 2 of the remaining are Head Start and Job Corp |
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Helped people learn a job, a boarding school version of votech,
Free of charge education and vocational training ages 16-24 [note; closest to us there is one in Guthrie OK big time waiting list. |
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| daycare for 3,4,5 year olds encouraged introducing reading skills at this early age. comprehensive early intervention child development program for poor kids. |
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| volunteers in Service to America, founded in the 1960's, it was the domestic version of the Peace Corp. Today it is known as Ameri Corp its purpose is to reduce poverty in poor communities. |
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| this program is to help high school students gain an idea of what college is like. The focus today is on students that are low income, live in rural areas or parents did not attend college. 50-100 students a year recieve these grants. |
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| Community Action Program: established in 1964 The purpose was to help build esteem among the poor the program provided for and still does,citizen or community participation, utility bill assisstance, home improvement for low income, head start programs, job training, food banks,and any community initiative, assistance to communitiees is in the form of grants and federal funding. |
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| required businesses to hirer minorities (race, foreigners, veterans, etc...) the intention is to provide equal opportunities for all |
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controversial, food money for the poor.
In 1964 the food stamp act was passed under Johnson, it is funded by federal and state governments, persons issued stamps were allowed to purchase most anything with the stamps except alcohol/the first food stamps were issued in 1939 by the agriculture division and when you bought a stamp for 1.00 you got an addtional .50 worth of groceries. |
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Medicare for the poor, has not been successful.
funded by fedaral and state governments but managed by the state. provides medical money for low income, children, and disabled, must be us citizen or permanent resident. |
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| Helped relieve some of the major medical cost. It assists persons 65 years and older as well as those with permanent or other disabilities, funds are also used to fund most physicans residency training programs funded and administered by federal govern. part of social security act. |
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| Helped relieve some of the major medical cost. It assists persons 65 years and older as well as those with permanent or other disabilities, funds are also used to fund most physicans residency training programs funded and administered by federal govern. part of social security act. |
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| Was part of the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964. Its purpose was to stimulate and promote part time employment of students in institution of higher education from low-income families the jobs should be related to field in which they are training. |
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| Author of The Other America, Poverty in the United States (1962) founded Democaratic Socialist of America, believed that Socialism was the only way to have a just and fully democratic society. |
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