The Economic Opportunity Act was signed in the White House Rose Garden on August 20th of 1964. “What the economic opportunity act was, was President Lynden Johnson’s war on poverty in this ...

Seven Job Corps students, represented by the Southern Poverty Law Center, have filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of ...

• The Economic Opportunity Act of 1964, which established the Job Corps, the VISTA program, the federal work-study program and a number of other initiatives.

In 1964, the Economic Opportunity Act established the Job Corps – a program that offers free vocational training to ...

Such Community Action Agencies were established across the country under the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964, which sought to eliminate poverty in America through federal, state and locally ...

The Community Action Agency, one of more than a thousand agencies formed nationwide by the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964, was established on the day of the gala on March 22, 1965.

NASHUA – With the U.S. Department of Education under threat, Congresswoman Maggie Goodlander (D-NH) is backing the federal TRIO programs in her effort to safeguard funding for low-income students ...

Soon after President Johnson declared his commitment to end poverty, Congress passed the bipartisan Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 and critical civil rights legislation, which created the ...

Community Action Networks started after the passing of the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964, and Tioga Opportunities Inc. Director of Program Operations Christine Shaver said it has since helped ...

The CLEVELAND JOB CORPS, founded in 1965, was one of over 100 job-training programs created by the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964; it produced the first program graduates in the country.In two ...

On Aug. 20, 1964, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed into law the Economic Opportunity Act, a centerpiece of his War on Poverty. Along with 10 other major programs, ...