FERA

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New Deal agency United States federal government agency

FERA was a New Deal-era U.S. government agency that provided direct relief and work assistance to millions of unemployed Americans during the Great Depression.

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Label	Occurrences
FERA canonical	2

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	New Deal agency ⓘ United States federal government agency ⓘ
abbreviation	FERA self-linksurface differs ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
beneficiary	local relief agencies ⓘ state relief agencies ⓘ unemployed Americans ⓘ
coordinatedWith	Civil Works Administration ⓘ Civilian Conservation Corps ⓘ Public Works Administration ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
describedAs	major early New Deal relief agency ⓘ
director	Harry Hopkins ⓘ
dissolutionReason	consolidation into longer-term New Deal programs ⓘ
dissolved	1935 ⓘ
fieldOfWork	poverty alleviation ⓘ unemployment relief ⓘ
foundedBy	President Franklin D. Roosevelt ⓘ surface form: Franklin D. Roosevelt
fundingSource	United States federal budget ⓘ
governmentBranch	executive branch of the United States government ⓘ
hasActivity	distributing federal funds to states ⓘ financing work relief projects ⓘ providing cash assistance ⓘ supporting public works and community projects ⓘ
hasPurpose	direct relief to the unemployed ⓘ support for state and local relief efforts ⓘ work relief for unemployed Americans ⓘ
headOfGovernmentAtTimeOfCreation	President Franklin D. Roosevelt ⓘ surface form: Franklin D. Roosevelt
headquartersLocation	Washington, D.C. ⓘ
historicalPeriod	New Deal ⓘ surface form: New Deal era
inception	1933 ⓘ
keyPerson	Harry Hopkins ⓘ
legalBasis	Emergency Relief Act of 1933 ⓘ surface form: Federal Emergency Relief Act of 1933
mainSubject	Great Depression ⓘ surface form: Great Depression in the United States
namedAfter	emergency relief ⓘ
notableProgramType	direct cash grants ⓘ work relief projects ⓘ
partOf	New Deal ⓘ
precededBy	state and local emergency relief efforts ⓘ
replacedBy	Social Security Board ⓘ Works Progress Administration ⓘ
sector	employment relief ⓘ social welfare ⓘ
significantEvent	launch of Civil Works Administration ⓘ
timePeriod	Great Depression ⓘ

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

Federal Emergency Relief Administration → alsoKnownAs → FERA ⓘ

FERA → abbreviation → FERA self-linksurface differs ⓘ

subject surface form: Federal Emergency Relief Administration