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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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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Public Law 88-452 publicLawNumber Pub.L. 88-452