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	Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Signed by Lyndon B. Johnson on August 20, 1964, the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 (Pub.L. Stat.
		Implemented by the since disbanded Office of Economic Opportunity, the Act included several social programs to promote the health, education, and general welfare of the poor.
		Although most of the initiatives in the Act have since been modified, weakened, or altogether rolled back, its remaining programs include Head Start, and Job Corps.
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		The Economic Opportunity Act was passed on August 20, 1964 by President Lyndon B. Johnson.
		Economic Opportunity offices at the state level were created in order to involve governors in the effort.
		Funds were provided by the Office of Economic Opportunity to allow local citizens an opportunity to create Community Action Agencies and use the funds to meet the problems and needs of the poor in their area.
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	Economic Opportunity Act
		Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
		can achieve its full economic and social potential as a nation only if every individual has the opportunity to contribute to the full extent of his capabilities and to participate in the workings of our society.
		It is the purpose of this Act to strengthen, supplement, and coordinate efforts in furtherance of that policy.
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	Brief History of the Federal Work-Study Program :: Campus Compact
		The Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 (August 20, 1964), whose goal was "to mobilize the human and financial resources of the Nation to combat poverty in the United States," contained a section on a new program for Work-Study.
		The Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 also included a section on Work-Study Programs, whose goal was to "stimulate and promote the part-time employment of students in institutions of higher education who are from low-income families and are in need of the earnings from such employment to pursue courses of study at such institutions."
		Expands community-service opportunities by allowing work-study funds to be used to compensate students employed in community service for time spent on traveling or in training directly related to the community-service position.
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	Does federal funding trigger the FTCA - United States v. Orleans, 425 U.S. 807, 813, 96 S.Ct. 1971, 48 L.Ed.2d 390 ...
		This case presents the question whether a community action agency funded under the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 is a federal instrumentality or agency for purposes of Federal Tort Claims Act liability.
		The Tort Claims Act was never intended, and has not been construed by this Court, to reach employees or agents of all federally funded programs that confer benefits on people.
		"'Acting within the scope of his office or employment,' in the case of a member of the military or naval forces of the United States, means acting in line of duty."
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	LSC: LSC Act and Other Statutes
		AN ACT To amend the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 to provide for the transfer of the legal services program from the Office of Economic Opportunity to a Legal Services Corporation, and for other purposes.
		Personnel transferred to the Corporation from the Office of Economic Opportunity or any successor authority shall be transferred in accordance with applicable laws and regulations, and shall not be reduced in compensation for one year after such transfer, except for cause.
		The Director of the Office of Economic Opportunity or the head of any successor authority shall take whatever action is necessary and reasonable to seek suitable employment for personnel who do not transfer to the Corporation.
	www.lsc.gov /laws/act.php (4513 words)

	Economic Opportunity Act 1964
		Although the economic well-being and prosperity of the United States have progressed to a level surpassing any achieved in world history, and although these benefits are widely shared throughout the Nation, poverty continues to be the lot of a substantial number of our people.
		The United States can achieve its full economic and social potential as a nation only if every individual has the opportunity to contribute to the full extent of his capabilities and to participate in the workings of our society.
		It is, therefore, the policy of the United States to eliminate the paradox of poverty in the midst of plenty in this Nation by opening to everyone the opportunity for education and training, the opportunity to work, and the opportunity to live in decency and dignity.
	www2.volstate.edu /socialscience/FinalDocs/1960s/eoa.htm (478 words)

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		Under the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 (EOA) the Federal Government, acting through an agency (at the relevant time herein the Office of Economic Opportunity (OEO)), furnishes financial assistance for community action programs undertaken by community action agencies.
		The Warren-Trumbull Council for Economic Opportunity, Inc., is a community action agency; it is a non-profit corporation incorporated under 1702.01 et seq.
		423 U.S. The Federal Tort Claims Act is a limited waiver of sovereign immunity, making the Federal Government liable to the same extent as a private party for certain torts of federal employees acting within the scope of their employment.
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	History of Education: Selected Moments
		The Economic Opportunity Act aided and augmented the community control movement, which originated in the 1960's.
		The Economic Opportunity Act of 1964, which funded the Community Control Movement in public schools, was common to other events in the 60's.
		As the parents in the communities, who spoke of racial inequalities, these student were also given an opportunity to voice or act out their rage against ethnic injustice.
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	The Power of Participation
		Conversely, the enactment of the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 laid part of the groundwork for the solution of the problem.
		It was considered far reaching, because it called for the complete de-institutionalization of all people with mental illnesses to facilities in the community where they could be near their loved ones and live close to normal lives.
		During 1967, the Quie Amendment to the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 required that every anti-poverty agency have on board one third consumers, one third agency staff, and one third elected officials.
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	Economic Opportunity Act (1964) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 (EOA) was the centerpiece of the "War on Poverty," which in turn was a major thrust of the "Great Society" legislative agenda of the Lyndon Johnson administration.
		The EOA was passed in August, 1964, after having been drafted the previous February by task force director Sargent Shriver, who had connections to the Kennedy administration.
		However, economic opportunity offices were also created at the level of state government as a means of involving the governors in Great Society poverty programs.
	cwx.prenhall.com /bookbind/pubbooks/burns4/medialib/docs/eoa1964.htm (748 words)

	AGLO_1970_No_012 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The 1967 amendments to the federal economic opportunity act of 1964 are contained in Public Law 90-222.
		The only presently existing state statutes relating to the participation of the state of Washington or its political subdivisions in programs governed by the economic opportunity act are RCW 36.32.410 and RCW 43.06.110 ‑ codifying, respectively, the provisions of §§ 1 and 2, chapter 14, Laws of 1965.
		Secondly, even as to counties (under § 1) and the state itself (pursuant to § 2), to which the act does grant authority, the authority granted pertains only to participation in programs set forth in the economic opportunity act of 1964 ‑ and not in the programs visualized by the 1967 amendments thereto, supra.
	www.atg.wa.gov /opinions/AGLOs/1970/opinion_1970_012.html (1618 words)

	Opportunity Council celebrates 40 years (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		A resolution to combat poverty locally by creating the Opportunity Council was approved by the Whatcom County and the Bellingham City councils in January.
		Formation of the Opportunity Council was the community’s first step toward qualifying for funds under the Urban and Rural Community Action segment of the federal anti-poverty act.
		The resolution also stated the Opportunity Council “shall have full authority to determine its own policies, organization and activities” subject to approval of specific programs and financial participation by the city and county.
	www.oppco.org /40th/beginnings.html (291 words)

	Modern History Sourcebook: President Lyndon B. Johnson: The War on Poverty, March 1964
		Because it is right, because it is wise, and because, for the first time in our history, it is possible to conquer poverty, I submit, for the consideration of the Congress and the country, the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964.
		It will give many workers and farmers the opportunity to break through particular barriers which bar their escape from poverty.
		It will give the entire nation the opportunity for a concerted attack on poverty through the establishment, tinder my direction, of the Office of Economic Opportunity, a national headquarters for the war against poverty.
	www.fordham.edu /halsall/mod/1964johnson-warpoverty.html (1113 words)

	Brief History of VISTA
		VISTA was not actually realized until the Johnson Administration under the Economic Opportunity Act in 1964 in his "War on Poverty" legislation.
		August 20, 1964, the Congress passed the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964.
		It is, therefore, the policy of this Nation to eliminate the paradox of poverty in the midst of plenty in this Nation by opening to everyone the opportunity for education and training, the opportunity to work, and the opportunity to live in decency and dignity.
	www.friendsofvista.org /living/hist.html (801 words)

	Union County Community Action, Inc.
		Union County Community Action, Inc. (UCCA) is a private non-profit corporation structured in accordance with standards and requirements of the Federal Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 and amendments.
		This Act states, "The basic purpose of community action is to stimulate a better focusing of all available local, state, private, and federal resources upon the goals of enabling low-income families and low-income individuals of all ages…..to obtain skills, knowledge, and motivations, and secure the opportunities needed for them to become fully self-sufficient."
		We create opportunities and then help people learn to use those opportunities to help themselves, thus moving individuals and families out of poverty and off public assistance.
	www.uccainc.org (274 words)

	What is TRIO - TRIO is Educational Opportunity for Low-Income and Disabled Americans.-History
		TRIO began, not with the Higher Education Act, but with the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964, the original War on Poverty statute, which created the Upward Bound program.
		First generation in college is important in defining the eligibility of students for the TRIO programs, because it moved the programs in a more inclusive direction in looking at the origin and the impact of non-financial barriers to access and success in postsecondary education.
		The Higher Education Act expires in fiscal year 1998, but there is an automatic extension in the law that will carry it through fiscal year 1999, which means that academic year 1999-2000 is the first year that this reauthorization will be in effect.
	www.trioprograms.org /whatisTRIO_History.html (2105 words)

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		233, provided: "That this Act [amending section 2756 of this title and section 1615 of Title 20, Education, and enacting provisions set out as notes under section 2756 of this title and section 1070a of Title 20] may be cited as the 'Emergency Technical Provisions Act'." Pub.
		The Community Services Administration was terminated when the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964, except for titles VIII and X, was repealed, effective Oct. 1, 1981, by section 683(a) of Pub.
		Section was originally enacted as section 124 of the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964, Pub.
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	ICAA
		The EOA also provided for the creation of economic opportunity offices at the state level in order to involve governors in the War on Poverty.
		These amendments had a positive effect on most CAA boards, though the issue of increasing the influence of local elected officials on the board of directors was a significant issue to the leaders of poverty groups which had been operating independently.
		On Sept. 30, 1981, the CSA was abolished and the Economic Opportunity Act was rescinded.
	www.iowacommunityaction.com /Aboutus.htm (2342 words)

	West Texas Opportunities
		West Texas Opportunities (WTO) was created for the purpose of administering the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 and its subsequent amendments.
		WTO is dedicated to the proposition that the United States can achieve full economic and social potential as a nation only if every individual, regardless of race, creed or sex, has the opportunity to develop to the full extent of his or her capabilities.
		To provide through action and policy the objective to increase the capacity of the individuals, groups and companies affected by poverty to deal effectively with their own problems in order to become self-sustained members of the community and society in which they live.
	www.gowto.org (202 words)

	Community Action Partnership - Dickinson and Williston North Dakota
		The Community Action Partnership was organized as a nonprofit agency as a result of the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964.
		The Economic Office of Opportunity was created to formally conduct the "War on Poverty." Community Action and Development Program was incorporated in 1976 along with five other Community Action Agencies (CAA) in the State of North Dakota.
		In 1974 Congress passed the Community Services Act which created the Community Services Administration (CSA), an independent federal agency that was responsible for providing funding grants and overseeing the activities of CAA's.
	www.dickinsoncap.org (245 words)

	Guide Introduction:The War on Poverty, 1964-1968–Part II: Records of the
		With regard to rural population and communities, particular attention was given to population and governmental changes in rural areas and the interrelationships between rural and urban America.
		Education, employment opportunities, transportation, rural industrialization, and economic development were discussed and reported on in depth by the commission.
		To evaluate the means by which existing programs, policies, and activities relating to the economic status and community welfare of rural people may be coordinated or better directed or redirected to achieve the elimination of underemployment and low income of rural people and to obtain higher levels of community facilities and services.
	www.lexisnexis.com /academic/guides/political_history/lbj/poverty2.asp (3976 words)

	Expand Job Training and Placement Action to create jobs and provide vocational training (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The Area Redevelopment Act, a $394 million spending package passed in 1961, followed the same strategy of investing in the private sector to stimulate new job creation.
		The Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 featured the Job Corps, a program encompassing a network of rural "conservation camps" and other training centers that offered both basic education and vocational training geared towards school dropouts.
		In 1965, Congress passed the Vocational Rehabilitation Act amendments in an effort to raise the number of physically and mentally handicapped Americans able to complete vocational training and gain employment.
	www.brook.edu /gs/cps/research/projects/50ge/endeavors/job.htm (578 words)

	Legal Services Corporation Act
		To amend the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 to provide for the transfer of the legal services program from the Office of Economic Opportunity to a Legal Services Corporation, and for other purposes.
		To the extent consistent with the provisions of this title, the Corporation shall exercise the powers conferred upon a nonprofit corporation by the District of Columbia Nonprofit Corporation Act (except for section 1005(o) of title 29 of the District of Columbia Code).
		(2) Section 222(a)(3) of the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 is repealed, effective ninety days after the first meeting of the Board of Directors of the Legal Services Corporation.
	www.oig.lsc.gov /legis/lscact.htm (4431 words)

	Health Center History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Migrant Health Center Program is established by the Migrant Health Act of 1962 (P.L. This Act calls for the development of health clinics dedicated to providing a broad array of medical and support services to farmworkers and their families.
		By the early 1970s, approximately 100 neighborhood health centers had been established under the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964, which was central to the Johnson Administration’s “War on Poverty.” With the phase-out of the Office of Economic Opportunity in the early 1970s, the coordinating responsibility for health centers was transferred to the Public Health Service.
		Approximately 100 neighborhood health centers established under the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964, which was central to the Johnson Administration’s “War on Poverty.” With the phase-out of the Office of Economic Opportunity in the early 1970s, the coordinating responsibility is transferred to the Public Health Service
	www.bphc.hrsa.gov /about/history.htm (554 words)

	Civil Rights Act 1964
		The Vice Chairman shall act as Chairman in the absence or disability of the Chairman or in the event of a vacancy in that office.
		Nothing in this Act shall be construed to deny, impair, or otherwise affect any right or authority of the Attorney General or of the United States or any agency or officer thereof under existing law to institute or intervene in any action or proceeding.
		If any provision of this Act or the application thereof to any person or circumstances is held invalid, the remainder of the Act and the application of the provision to other persons not similarly situated or to other circumstances shall not be affected thereby.
	usinfo.state.gov /usa/infousa/laws/majorlaw/civilr19.htm (6221 words)

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