JFK announced this as part of his action plan to eradicate poverty
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January 1961
JFK issued an executive order to make food available to those living in areas of chronic unemployment
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June 1961, Housing Act
Gave $3 billion of funding for urban renewal, low income housing and low-interest loans for housing
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March 1962, Manpower Development and Training Act
Set up work training programmes for the unemployment
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'The Great Society' (1964)
Announced in LBJ's State of Union address to fight war on poverty. He set up over 130 agencies and gave them a budget of $960,000,000
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August 1964, Economic Opportunity Act
Created the Economic Office for Opportunity, setting up traiuning and work schemes, adult education, 1000 Community Action Programmes based in rural and urban areas
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July 1965, Medicare Act
Took a small contribution from social security and guaranteed free medical care in old age. Medicaid also set up for those on welfare.
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October 1966, Child Nutrition Act
Funded schools who couldn't provide lunches. Extended lunch provision to preschools. Offered free breakfasts in schools in deprived areas.
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1969
Nixon started dismantling Office of Economic Opportunity. He began to promote the idea of 'workfare not welfare'.
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1970
Nixon introduced the Family Assistance Plan to 'rationalise' welfare benefits by combining them. People lost out on welfare benefits.
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1974
Nixon extends Food Stamp Act to help more people receive free food
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National Consumer Cooperative Bank 1978
Set up to give low interest loans to cooperative organisations (largely in urban areas)
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1981, Rural Development Loan
Gave low interest loans, electricity, clinics, farm equipment for communal use.
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January 1961
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JFK issued an executive order to make food available to those living in areas of chronic unemployment
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