The former head of Community Action Lehigh Valley is being honored nationally for his work with the nonprofit.

Launched in 1964, The Great Society led to some of the greatest social safety nets still in use by the government today, including the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964, the Food Stamp Act of 1964 ...

At the conference, Gaylor Baird, along with local business and manufacturing partners, said the city’s strategic investment of American Rescue Plan Act funds in workforce development initiatives ...

Beginning in the 1960s, outreach efforts like Upward Bound – first established through the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 – and other federal TRIO programs now housed under the Education ...

“Community Action Agencies were formed in 1964 under Lyndon B. Johnson’s Economic Opportunity Act to fight the war on poverty,” Executive Director Carla Brown said. “Community Action of ...

Mr. Platkin was Mr. Murphy’s chief counsel when the state first began investigating the program, the Economic Opportunity Act. Mr. Klingeman criticized Mr. Platkin’s decision to bring charges ...

Nationally, more than 34.5 million people who live in poverty receive services from Community Action Programs, which were established in 1964 under the Economic Opportunity Act declaring War on ...

He said Philip Norcross had personal and professional interest in the Camden waterfront. “Philip Norcross had the right to craft proposed [Economic Opportunity Act] legislation and communicate with ...

Formed under the 1964 Economic Opportunity Act, the private, nonprofit community action agency works to meet the needs of disadvantaged community residents through its community health center, heating ...

BURLINGTON, Vt. (WCAX) - As the Trump Administration continues to slash federal funding, the Champlain Valley Office of Economic Opportunity’s Fair Housing Project has also taken a hit.

“The greatest economic opportunity that Louisiana has is actually in central and north Louisiana,” Landry said. International Paper said the closure is due to the company’s plan to focus on ...

He tells the story of how the Minnesota suburb he grew up in went from being a place where the housing market was inaccessible to Black families to one where many Black families found economic ...