CES

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CES is the commonly used abbreviation for the U.S. Committee on Economic Security, the New Deal–era body that helped design foundational social welfare programs like Social Security.


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instanceOf United States federal government committee
abbreviation CES
appointedBy Franklin D. Roosevelt
appointedInAdministrationOf Franklin D. Roosevelt administration
chairperson Frances Perkins
country United States of America
createdBy executive order of President Franklin D. Roosevelt
dissolved 1935
fieldOfWork economic security
social insurance
social welfare policy
hasGoal design a comprehensive program of economic security
reduce economic insecurity caused by unemployment, old age, and poverty
hasMember Arthur J. Altmeyer
Barbara Nachtrieb Armstrong
Edwin E. Witte NERFINISHED
Frances Perkins
J. Douglas Brown NERFINISHED
historicalPeriod Great Depression
inception 1934
influenced U.S. Social Security system
development of the U.S. welfare state
jurisdiction federal social welfare policy
legacy foundation of permanent federal social insurance programs in the United States
legislativeOutcome Social Security Act of 1935
location Washington, D.C.
mainSubject health insurance proposals
old-age insurance
public assistance
unemployment insurance
notableWork Report to the President of the Committee on Economic Security
partOf New Deal
significantEvent submission of CES report to President Roosevelt in 1935
subordinateTo Executive Office of the President of the United States
timePeriod New Deal era

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