Economic Opportunity Act of 1964

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United States federal statute anti-poverty legislation

The Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 was a landmark U.S. federal law that launched key anti-poverty programs such as Job Corps, Head Start, and community action agencies as part of President Lyndon B. Johnson’s War on Poverty.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 canonical	21
War on Poverty programs	3
Community Action Program under the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964	1
Economic Opportunity Act	1
Title I (Economic Opportunity Act of 1964)	1
Title III (Economic Opportunity Act of 1964)	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States federal statute ⓘ anti-poverty legislation ⓘ
aimedTo	eliminate poverty in the United States ⓘ empower low-income individuals ⓘ encourage community development ⓘ expand educational opportunities ⓘ increase employment and job training ⓘ
associatedWith	Lyndon B. Johnson ⓘ Great Society ⓘ surface form: War on Poverty
authorizedAppropriations	$947.5 million for the first year ⓘ
communityActionAuthorizedBy	Title II ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
createdAgency	Office of Economic Opportunity ⓘ
createdProgram	Adult Basic Education programs ⓘ Community Action Agencies ⓘ Community Action Program ⓘ Head Start program ⓘ surface form: Head Start Job Corps ⓘ Neighborhood Youth Corps ⓘ Rural loans program ⓘ Small business loans program ⓘ VISTA ⓘ Corporation for National and Community Service ⓘ surface form: Volunteers in Service to America Work-Study program ⓘ
dateSigned	1964-08-20 ⓘ
enactedBy	88th United States Congress ⓘ
headStartAuthorizedBy	Title II ⓘ
historicalSignificance	cornerstone of federal anti-poverty policy in the 1960s ⓘ
jobCorpsAuthorizedBy	Title I ⓘ
laterAmendedBy	Economic Opportunity Amendments of 1967 ⓘ subsequent Great Society legislation ⓘ
longTitle	An Act to mobilize the human and financial resources of the Nation to combat poverty in the United States ⓘ
partOf	Great Society ⓘ Great Society ⓘ surface form: War on Poverty
policyArea	education policy ⓘ labor and employment policy ⓘ social welfare policy ⓘ
presidentDuringEnactment	Lyndon B. Johnson ⓘ
publicLawNumber	Public Law 88-452 ⓘ
shortTitle	Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 self-link ⓘ
signedBy	Lyndon B. Johnson ⓘ
someProgramsTransferredTo	United States Department of Health and Human Services ⓘ surface form: Department of Health, Education, and Welfare United States Department of Labor ⓘ surface form: Department of Labor
sponsoredBy	Johnson administration ⓘ surface form: Lyndon B. Johnson administration
statutesAtLargeCitation	78 Stat. 508 ⓘ
targetPopulation	economically disadvantaged communities ⓘ low-income individuals ⓘ unemployed youth ⓘ
vistaAuthorizedBy	Title I ⓘ
yearEnacted	1964 ⓘ

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Subject: Economic Opportunity Act of 1964
Description of subject: The Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 was a landmark U.S. federal law that launched key anti-poverty programs such as Job Corps, Head Start, and community action agencies as part of President Lyndon B. Johnson’s War on Poverty.

Referenced by (28)

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

Great Society → hasPart → Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 ⓘ

Johnson administration → notablePolicy → Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 ⓘ

Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 → shortTitle → Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 self-link ⓘ

Demonstration Cities and Metropolitan Development Act of 1966 → relatedTo → Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 ⓘ

Head Start program → legalBasis → Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 ⓘ

Job Corps → legalBasis → Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 ⓘ

88th United States Congress → passed → Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 ⓘ

Manpower Development and Training Act of 1962 → influenced → Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 ⓘ

Sargent Shriver → notableWork → Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 ⓘ

this entity surface form: War on Poverty programs

Public Law 88-452 → shortTitle → Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 ⓘ

Public Law 88-452 → alsoKnownAs → Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 ⓘ

this entity surface form: Economic Opportunity Act

Office of Economic Opportunity → createdBy → Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 ⓘ

Office of Economic Opportunity → legislativeMandate → Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 ⓘ

VISTA → establishedBy → Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 ⓘ

Community Action Program → authorizedBy → Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 ⓘ

Community Action Program → governingLaw → Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 ⓘ

Neighborhood Youth Corps → legislatedBy → Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 ⓘ

Title II → partOf → Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 ⓘ

subject surface form: Title II (Economic Opportunity Act of 1964)

Title II → relatedTo → Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 ⓘ

subject surface form: Title II (Economic Opportunity Act of 1964)

this entity surface form: Title I (Economic Opportunity Act of 1964)

Title II → relatedTo → Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 ⓘ

subject surface form: Title II (Economic Opportunity Act of 1964)

this entity surface form: Title III (Economic Opportunity Act of 1964)

Title I → partOf → Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 ⓘ

Economic Opportunity Amendments of 1967 → follows → Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 ⓘ

Economic Opportunity Amendments of 1967 → namedAfter → Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 ⓘ

Economic Opportunity Amendments of 1967 → expands → Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 ⓘ

this entity surface form: War on Poverty programs

Economic Opportunity Amendments of 1967 → amends → Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 ⓘ

Community Services Block Grant → predecessor → Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 ⓘ

this entity surface form: Community Action Program under the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964

Public Law 87-415 → relatedTo → Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 ⓘ

this entity surface form: War on Poverty programs

Public Law 87-415 → relatedTo → Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 ⓘ