FERA

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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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  • Federal Emergency Relief Administration ×45

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Predicate Object
instanceOf New Deal agency
United States federal government agency
abbreviation FERA
appliesToJurisdiction United States
beneficiary local relief agencies
state relief agencies
unemployed Americans
coordinatedWith Civil Works Administration
Civilian Conservation Corps
Public Works Administration
country 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 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 Franklin D. Roosevelt
headquartersLocation Washington, D.C.
historicalPeriod New Deal era
inception 1933
keyPerson Harry Hopkins
legalBasis Federal Emergency Relief Act of 1933
mainSubject 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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