Federal Emergency Relief Administration

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New Deal agency United States federal government agency

The Federal Emergency Relief Administration was a New Deal agency that provided direct relief and work relief to millions of unemployed Americans during the Great Depression.

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Label Occurrences
Federal Emergency Relief Administration canonical 9
Federal Emergency Relief Act 2

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf New Deal agency ⓘ
United States federal government agency ⓘ
administeredBy Harry Hopkins ⓘ
alsoKnownAs FERA ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
describedIn Emergency Relief Act of 1933 ⓘ
dissolved 1935 ⓘ
distributedTo local relief agencies ⓘ
state relief agencies ⓘ
fieldOfWork emergency relief ⓘ
public assistance ⓘ
follows Reconstruction Finance Corporation relief efforts ⓘ
foundedBy President Franklin D. Roosevelt ⓘ
surface form: Franklin D. Roosevelt
fundedBy United States Department of the Treasury ⓘ
surface form: United States Treasury
hasEffect expanded federal role in public welfare ⓘ
reduced immediate hardship among unemployed Americans ⓘ
headOfGovernmentAtInception President Franklin D. Roosevelt ⓘ
surface form: Franklin D. Roosevelt
historicalPeriod New Deal ⓘ
surface form: New Deal era
inception 1933 ⓘ
industry public administration ⓘ
keyPerson Harry Hopkins ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
legalForm federal emergency agency ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Washington, D.C. ⓘ
mainSubject Great Depression ⓘ
public welfare ⓘ
unemployment relief ⓘ
notableProgram cash grants to states for relief ⓘ
work relief projects ⓘ
operatedDuringPresidencyOf President Franklin D. Roosevelt ⓘ
surface form: Franklin D. Roosevelt
operatingPeriod Great Depression ⓘ
parentOrganization United States government ⓘ
surface form: United States federal government
partiallyReplacedBy Civilian Conservation Corps ⓘ
Works Progress Administration ⓘ
surface form: Works Progress Administration employment programs
partOf New Deal ⓘ
policyArea employment policy ⓘ
poverty alleviation ⓘ
social welfare ⓘ
purpose direct relief to the unemployed ⓘ
work relief for the unemployed ⓘ
replaced Emergency Relief Administration of some states ⓘ
replacedBy Social Security Board ⓘ
Works Progress Administration ⓘ
significantEvent implementation of federal grants to states for relief ⓘ
transition from direct relief to work relief programs ⓘ

Referenced by (11)

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New Deal → hasPart → Federal Emergency Relief Administration ⓘ
Hundred Days → hasKeyLegislation → Federal Emergency Relief Administration ⓘ
subject surface form: Hundred Days (FDR)
this entity surface form: Federal Emergency Relief Act
73rd United States Congress → enacted → Federal Emergency Relief Administration ⓘ
this entity surface form: Federal Emergency Relief Act
Civil Works Administration → parentOrganization → Federal Emergency Relief Administration ⓘ
Harry Hopkins → notableWork → Federal Emergency Relief Administration ⓘ
Emergency Relief Act of 1933 → establishes → Federal Emergency Relief Administration ⓘ
Emergency Relief Act of 1933 → creates → Federal Emergency Relief Administration ⓘ
Emergency Relief Act of 1933 → primaryAdministrator → Federal Emergency Relief Administration ⓘ
Emergency Relief Act of 1933 → administeredBy → Federal Emergency Relief Administration ⓘ
Emergency Relief Act of 1933 → relatedTo → Federal Emergency Relief Administration ⓘ
Report to the President of the Committee on Economic Security → associatedWith → Federal Emergency Relief Administration ⓘ