The Economic Opportunity Act

  the economic opportunity act:: Amendments to the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Labor and Public Welfare. Subcommittee on Employment, Manpower, and Poverty, 1966 Considers. S. 3164, to amend the Equal Opportunity Act to increase authorizations, tighten community action program grant criteria, improve agency management program control, and encourage volunteer service in War on Poverty programs. S. 2908, to extend prohibition of political activities by community action agency and VISTA employees and volunteers. S. 3139, to amend the Equal Opportunity Act to reorganize community action programs under HUD, establish community action citizens advisory boards, and prohibit political activities by program workers.
  the economic opportunity act:: Economic Opportunity Act Amendments of 1967 United States. Congress. House. Committee on Education and Labor, 1967
  the economic opportunity act:: Implementation of the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 California. Office of Economic Opportunity, 1965*
  the economic opportunity act:: Economic Opportunity Act of 1964, as Amended United States. Office of Economic Opportunity, 1970
  the economic opportunity act:: Economic Opportunity Act Amendments of 1967 United States. Congress. House. Committee on Education and Labor, 1967
  the economic opportunity act:: The Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 North Carolina. Economic Opportunity Program, 1965
  the economic opportunity act:: Report on the Programs Authorized Under the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964, as Amended United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Human Resources. Subcommittee on Employment, Poverty, and Migratory Labor, 1978
  the economic opportunity act:: U.S. History P. Scott Corbett, Volker Janssen, John M. Lund, Todd Pfannestiel, Sylvie Waskiewicz, Paul Vickery, 2024-09-10 U.S. History is designed to meet the scope and sequence requirements of most introductory courses. The text provides a balanced approach to U.S. history, considering the people, events, and ideas that have shaped the United States from both the top down (politics, economics, diplomacy) and bottom up (eyewitness accounts, lived experience). U.S. History covers key forces that form the American experience, with particular attention to issues of race, class, and gender.
  the economic opportunity act:: Economic Opportunity Act United States. Congress. House. Committee on Education and Labor. Special Hearing Subcommittee No. 1, 1971
  the economic opportunity act:: Economic Opportunity Act United States. Congress. House. Education and Labor, 1971
  the economic opportunity act:: Economic Opportunity Act Amendments of 1967 United States. Congress. House. Committee on Education and Labor, 1967
  the economic opportunity act:: Economic Opportunity Amendments of 1969 United States. Congress. House. Committee on Education and Labor. Ad Hoc Hearing Task Force on Poverty, 1969
  the economic opportunity act:: President Johnson's War On Poverty David Zarefsky, 1986-01-30 Index and bibliography included.
  the economic opportunity act:: Appalachian Legacy James Patrick Ziliak, 2012 In 1964 President Lyndon Johnson traveled to Kentucky's Martin County to declare war on poverty. The following year he signed the Appalachian Regional Development Act,creating a state-federal partnership to improve the region's economic prospects through better job opportunities, improved human capital, and enhanced transportation. As the focal point of domestic antipoverty efforts, Appalachia took on special symbolic as well as economic importance. Nearly half a century later, what are the results? Appalachian Legacy provides the answers. Led by James P. Ziliak, prominent economists and demographers map out the region's current status. They explore important questions, including how has Appalachia fared since the signing of ARDA in 1965? How does it now compare to the nation as a whole in key categories such as education, employment, and health? Was ARDA an effective place-based policy for ameliorating hardship in a troubled region, or is Appalachia stillmired in a poverty trap? And what lessons can we draw from the Appalachian experience? In addition to providing the reports of important research to help analysts, policymakers, scholars, and regional experts discern what works in fighting poverty, Appalachian Legacy is an important contribution to the economic history of the eastern United States.
  the economic opportunity act:: Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 United States. Congress. House. Committee on Education and Labor, 1964
  the economic opportunity act:: Legacies of the War on Poverty Martha J. Bailey, Sheldon Danziger, 2013-07-31 Many believe that the War on Poverty, launched by President Johnson in 1964, ended in failure. In 2010, the official poverty rate was 15 percent, almost as high as when the War on Poverty was declared. Historical and contemporary accounts often portray the War on Poverty as a costly experiment that created doubts about the ability of public policies to address complex social problems. Legacies of the War on Poverty, drawing from fifty years of empirical evidence, documents that this popular view is too negative. The volume offers a balanced assessment of the War on Poverty that highlights some remarkable policy successes and promises to shift the national conversation on poverty in America. Featuring contributions from leading poverty researchers, Legacies of the War on Poverty demonstrates that poverty and racial discrimination would likely have been much greater today if the War on Poverty had not been launched. Chloe Gibbs, Jens Ludwig, and Douglas Miller dispel the notion that the Head Start education program does not work. While its impact on children’s test scores fade, the program contributes to participants’ long-term educational achievement and, importantly, their earnings growth later in life. Elizabeth Cascio and Sarah Reber show that Title I legislation reduced the school funding gap between poorer and richer states and prompted Southern school districts to desegregate, increasing educational opportunity for African Americans. The volume also examines the significant consequences of income support, housing, and health care programs. Jane Waldfogel shows that without the era’s expansion of food stamps and other nutrition programs, the child poverty rate in 2010 would have been three percentage points higher. Kathleen McGarry examines the policies that contributed to a great success of the War on Poverty: the rapid decline in elderly poverty, which fell from 35 percent in 1959 to below 10 percent in 2010. Barbara Wolfe concludes that Medicaid and Community Health Centers contributed to large reductions in infant mortality and increased life expectancy. Katherine Swartz finds that Medicare and Medicaid increased access to health care among the elderly and reduced the risk that they could not afford care or that obtaining it would bankrupt them and their families. Legacies of the War on Poverty demonstrates that well-designed government programs can reduce poverty, racial discrimination, and material hardships. This insightful volume refutes pessimism about the effects of social policies and provides new lessons about what more can be done to improve the lives of the poor.
  the economic opportunity act:: The Migrant and the Economic Opportunity Act United States. Office of Economic Opportunity, 1965
  the economic opportunity act:: Economic Opportunity Act of 1964, Amendments of 1977 United States. Congress. House. Committee on Education and Labor. Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity, 1977
  the economic opportunity act:: Higher Education Opportunity Act United States, 2008
  the economic opportunity act:: Economic Opportunity Act Amendments of 1966 United States. Congress. House. Committee on Rules, 1966
  the economic opportunity act:: Economic Opportunity Act of 1964, as Amended United States, 1967
  the economic opportunity act:: The Great Society and the War on Poverty John R. Burch Jr., 2017-06-05 An ideal resource for students as well as general readers, this book comprehensively examines the Great Society era and identifies the effects of its legacy to the present day. With the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson inherited from the Kennedy administration many of the pieces of what became the War on Poverty. In stark contrast to today, Johnson was aided by a U.S. Congress that was among the most productive in the history of the United States. Despite the accomplishments of the Great Society programs, they failed to accomplish their ultimate goal of eradicating poverty. Consequently, some 50 years after the Great Society and the War on Poverty, many of the issues that Johnson's administration and Congress dealt with then are in front of legislators today, such as an increase in the minimum wage and the growing divide between the wealthy and the poor. This reference book provides a historical perspective on the issues of today by looking to the Great Society period; identifies how the War on Poverty continues to impact the United States, both positively and negatively; and examines how the Nixon and Reagan administrations served to dismantle Johnson's achievements. This single-volume work also presents primary documents that enable readers to examine key historical sources directly. Included among these documents are The Council of Economic Advisers Economic Report of 1964; the Civil Rights Act of 1964; John F. Kennedy's Remarks Upon Signing the Economic Opportunity Act; The Negro Family: The Case for National Action (a.k.a. the Moynihan Report); and the Report of the National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders (a.k.a. the Kerner Report).
  the economic opportunity act:: 1966 Amendments to the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 United States. Congress. House. Committee on Education and Labor. Subcommittee on the War on Poverty Program, 1966
  the economic opportunity act:: 1966 Amendments to the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 United States. Congress. House. Committee on Education and Labor. Subcommittee on the War on Poverty Program, 1966
  the economic opportunity act:: Economic Opportunity Amendments of 1969 United States. Congress. House. Committee on Education and Labor. Ad Hoc Hearing Task Force on Poverty, 1969
  the economic opportunity act:: Amendments to the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964, Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Employment, Manpower, and Poverty...89-2, on S. 3164, S. 2908, S. 3139, June 21, 22, 23, 24, 1966 United States. Congress. Senate. Labor and Public Welfare, 1966
  the economic opportunity act:: The Other America Michael Harrington, 1997-08 Examines the economic underworld of migrant farm workers, the aged, minority groups, and other economically underprivileged groups.
  the economic opportunity act:: 1966 Amendments to the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 United States. Congress. House. Committee on Education and Labor. Ad Hoc Subcommittee on the War on Poverty Program, 1966 Includes OEO congressional presentation report on the war on poverty, Mar. 1966 (p. 864-1128).
  the economic opportunity act:: Extension of Certain Program Under the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 United States. Congress. House. Committee on Education and Labor. Subcommittee on Equal Opportunities, 1974
  the economic opportunity act:: Agricultural Aspects of the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 United States. Congress. House. Committee on Agriculture, 1964
  the economic opportunity act:: Amendments to the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Labor and Public Welfare. Subcommittee on Employment, Manpower, and Poverty, 1966 Considers. S. 3164, to amend the Equal Opportunity Act to increase authorizations, tighten community action program grant criteria, improve agency management program control, and encourage volunteer service in War on Poverty programs. S. 2908, to extend prohibition of political activities by community action agency and VISTA employees and volunteers. S. 3139, to amend the Equal Opportunity Act to reorganize community action programs under HUD, establish community action citizens advisory boards, and prohibit political activities by program workers.
  the economic opportunity act:: Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 ... United States. Congress. House. Committee on Education and Labor, 1964
  the economic opportunity act:: Economic Opportunity Act United States. Congress. House. Committee on Education and Labor. Special Hearing Subcommittee No. 2, 1971
  the economic opportunity act:: The Administration of the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 Nicholas John Colessides, 1967
  the economic opportunity act:: A Guide to the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 Indiana. Youth Council, 1964
  the economic opportunity act:: The Migrant and the Economic Opportunity Act United States. Economic Opportunity Office, 1965
  the economic opportunity act:: Economic Opportunity Act Amendments of 1967 United States. Congress. House. Education and Labor, 1967
  the economic opportunity act:: Economic Opportunity Act Amendments of 1967 United States. Congress. House. Committee on Education and Labor, 1967
  the economic opportunity act:: Conyers V. Vigo County Economic Opportunity Act Committee, Inc , 1979
  the economic opportunity act:: Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act, Public Law 113-128 National Archives and Records Administration, Office of the Federal Register, 2016-11-17 This printed volume is a 2016 reprint of the 2013 Public Law originally published within the 113th Congress. The Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act was created to amend the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to strengthen the United States workforce development system through innovation in, and alignment and improvement of, employment, training, and education programs in the United States, and to promote individual and national economic growth, and for other purposes. WIOA is a landmark legislation that is designed to strengthen and improve our nation's public workforce system and help get Americans, including youth and those with significant barriers to employment, into high-quality jobs and careers and help employers hire and retain skilled workers. Audience: Students, Educators, Employers, and Employees would be interested in the amendments made to this act. Related products: United States Government Policy and Supporting Positions (Plum Book) 2016 is available for pre-order here: https://bookstore.gpo.gov/products/sku/052-070-07704-2 United States Government Policy and Supporting Positions 2012 (Plum Book) --Limited Supply-- Overstock Reduced list price while supplies last--( no further discount for this overstock product)- available here: https://bookstore.gpo.gov/products/sku/052-070-07648-8 Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization, and Job Creation Act of 2010, Public Law 111-312 is available here: https://bookstore.gpo.gov/products/sku/069-000-00198-0 Here Today, Jobs of Tomorrow: Opportunities in Information Technology is available here: https://bookstore.gpo.gov/products/sku/029-001-03313-3
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