Signed by Lyndon B. Johnson on 20 of August 1964, the Economic Opportunity Act (hereafter EOA) was central to Johnson's Great Society campaign and its War on Poverty. Implemented by the since disbanded Office of Economic Opportunity, the EOA included several social programs to promote the health, education, and general welfare of the poor. Although most of the initiatives in the EOA have since been modified, weakened, or altogether rolled back, its remaining programs include Head Start, and Job Corps. Remaining War on Poverty programs are managed by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Office of Community Services. Lyndon Baines Johnson (August 27, 1908–January 22, 1973), often referred to as LBJ, was an American politician. ... The Great Society was a set of domestic programs enacted in the United States on the initiative of President Lyndon B. Johnson. ... The War on Poverty (1964-1968) was a campaign of legislation and social services aimed at reducing or eliminating poverty in the United States of America. ... The Office of Economic Opportunity was the agency responsible for administering most of the War on Poverty programs created during United States President Lyndon B. Johnsons Administration. ... Head Start is a program of the US governments Department of Health and Human Services which focuses on assisting low-income children, through five years of age; so that they are prepared for school. ... Job Corps is a program in the United States administered by the Employment and Training Administration of the U.S. Department of Labor and run by various agencies for disadvantaged and at-risk youth to give them a job and social skills to succeed in the workforce. ...
Implemented by the since disbanded Office of EconomicOpportunity, the EOA included several social programs to promote the health, education, and general welfare of the poor.
Although most of the initiatives in the EOA have since been modified, weakened, or altogether rolled back, its remaining programs include Head Start, and Job Corps.
The EconomicOpportunityAct 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 Sergeant Shriver, who had connections to the Kennedy administration.
After passage of the EOA, Shriver became the director of the Office of EconomicOpportunity and served until 1969.
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