Amendments to the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964, Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Employment, Manpower, and Poverty...89-2, on S. 3164, S. 2908, S. 3139, June 21, 22, 23, 24, 19661966 - 737 pages |
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... poor themselves , which provide a range of social and economic assistance services . These funds are available for all of the poor in each target area and are directed at the central and most complex problem in the War on Poverty ...
... poor themselves , which provide a range of social and economic assistance services . These funds are available for all of the poor in each target area and are directed at the central and most complex problem in the War on Poverty ...
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... poor youth . This is OEO's major direction , and it should continue to be its major emphasis . Yet we cannot forget that there are 5.4 million aged poor - that represents one - sixth of the total poor in this country . More important ...
... poor youth . This is OEO's major direction , and it should continue to be its major emphasis . Yet we cannot forget that there are 5.4 million aged poor - that represents one - sixth of the total poor in this country . More important ...
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... poor themselves . Men and women who live in the target areas of the City , who can speak from firsthand knowledge and insight . Twenty months ago , this incident could not have taken place . One week ago , in the small hours of the ...
... poor themselves . Men and women who live in the target areas of the City , who can speak from firsthand knowledge and insight . Twenty months ago , this incident could not have taken place . One week ago , in the small hours of the ...
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... poor is caused by inadequate Groer wrial and economic programs which attack poverty are necessary *** Tether equation nor employment comes easy to someone who lives in the degrading environment of a slum Neither education nor a job can ...
... poor is caused by inadequate Groer wrial and economic programs which attack poverty are necessary *** Tether equation nor employment comes easy to someone who lives in the degrading environment of a slum Neither education nor a job can ...
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... poor , and his family . Beyond Head Start , between the ages of six and fifteen , there are about eight million poor children . A major government weapon against this universe of need is Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education ...
... poor , and his family . Beyond Head Start , between the ages of six and fifteen , there are about eight million poor children . A major government weapon against this universe of need is Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education ...
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Page 29 - Secretary, but not exceeding $100 per day, including travel time, and while so serving away from their homes or regular places of business they may be allowed travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, as authorized by section 5 of the Administrative Expenses Act of 1946 (5 USC 73b-2) for persons in the Government service employed intermittently.
Page 64 - In a joint effort, the Office of Economic Opportunity and the Department of Health, Education and Welfare...
Page 1 - 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 US to eliminate the paradox of poverty in the midst of plenty...
Page 89 - ... community"), including but not limited to a state, metropolitan area, county, city, town, multicity unit, or multicounty unit in an attack on poverty; (2) which provides services, assistance, and other activities of sufficient scope and size to give promise of progress toward elimination of poverty or a cause or causes of poverty through developing employment opportunities, improving human performance, motivation and productivity, or bettering the conditions under which people live, learn and...
Page 87 - Act of 1964, which specified that community action programs should be developed, conducted and administered with "maximum feasible participation" of the residents of the areas and members of the groups served.
Page 1 - 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.
Page 211 - Chairman of the American Bar Association's Standing Committee on Legal Aid and Indigent Defendants.
Page 23 - States, (iii) not in excess of three years during which the borrower is in service as a volunteer under the Peace Corps Act or (iv) not in excess of three years during which the borrower is in service as a volunteer under Title VIII of the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964...
Page 213 - But even the American Bar Association and the National Legal Aid and Defender Association have been urging an extension of the authority of the Cor-, poration without amendment. Yet, along comes of all people bur...
Page 217 - Committees, shall cooperate with the Office of Economic Opportunity and other appropriate groups in the development and implementation of programs for expanding availability of legal services to...