Reform Details Effect
The
Economic Opportunity Act Established the Office of Economic
Opportunity (1965) to coordinate the
35,000 college students were on work
study programmes (higher education
(1964)
Great
war on poverty more accessible – social mobility)
90,000 adults were enrolled in basic
education programmes (older people
who had not been properly educated
Society were being addressed)
Loans were given for small businesses
and rural development. For example,
Evaluati
$17 million was distributed in rural
loans in 1968
Office of Economic It also had programmes to help the 53 Job Corps centres which gave
poor: Job Corps, Volunteers in Service vocational training
on
Opportunity Programmes to America (VISTA), Neighbourhood VISTA helped poor children, Native
Youth Corps, Aid to Families with Americans and migrant workers
Dependent Children Neighbourhood Youth Corps was in 49
cities and 11 rural communities. They
gave young people jobs to help them
stay in education or receive training
(helping them to become self-sufficient)
Over 4 million were receiving AFDC (Aid
to Families with Dependent Children)
benefits
Head Start and Upward Bound Head Start was a federal government 1 million benefitted from Head Start
programme to help pre-schoolers in and 50,000 from Upward Bound
Programmes education, health and nutrition from
poor backgrounds
Upward Bound linked higher education
institutions to poor students who had
college potential. University now made
more accessible
Medicare and Medicaid Medicare was for the elderly and In 1966, it helped 19 million Americans.
Medicaid was for the poor. They were They are so popular that no president
(1965) established under the 1965 Social since has dared to shut them down
Security Amendments. Federal funding A lot more money was spent than was
for health care expected. $1.3 billion in 1965, $2
billion in 1966, $98 billion in 1990.
Because Medicaid was for the very
poor, middle-class families weren't
covered. They made enough money to
live, but it wasn't enough for healthcare
It didn't cover all areas, e.g., glasses
Elementary and Secondary Act They aimed to solve the problem of Before the acts, 54 million Americans
poor education. $8 billion was given in had never finished high school, 8
(ESEA) and Higher Education funding. HEA gave low interest loans to million had under 5 years of schooling
Act (HEA) (1965) students and introduced the National and 100,000 high school graduates with
Teachers Corps which recruited proven ability could not afford college.
teachers to serve in low-income areas By the end of LBJ's presidency, over 13
The
Economic Opportunity Act Established the Office of Economic
Opportunity (1965) to coordinate the
35,000 college students were on work
study programmes (higher education
(1964)
Great
war on poverty more accessible – social mobility)
90,000 adults were enrolled in basic
education programmes (older people
who had not been properly educated
Society were being addressed)
Loans were given for small businesses
and rural development. For example,
Evaluati
$17 million was distributed in rural
loans in 1968
Office of Economic It also had programmes to help the 53 Job Corps centres which gave
poor: Job Corps, Volunteers in Service vocational training
on
Opportunity Programmes to America (VISTA), Neighbourhood VISTA helped poor children, Native
Youth Corps, Aid to Families with Americans and migrant workers
Dependent Children Neighbourhood Youth Corps was in 49
cities and 11 rural communities. They
gave young people jobs to help them
stay in education or receive training
(helping them to become self-sufficient)
Over 4 million were receiving AFDC (Aid
to Families with Dependent Children)
benefits
Head Start and Upward Bound Head Start was a federal government 1 million benefitted from Head Start
programme to help pre-schoolers in and 50,000 from Upward Bound
Programmes education, health and nutrition from
poor backgrounds
Upward Bound linked higher education
institutions to poor students who had
college potential. University now made
more accessible
Medicare and Medicaid Medicare was for the elderly and In 1966, it helped 19 million Americans.
Medicaid was for the poor. They were They are so popular that no president
(1965) established under the 1965 Social since has dared to shut them down
Security Amendments. Federal funding A lot more money was spent than was
for health care expected. $1.3 billion in 1965, $2
billion in 1966, $98 billion in 1990.
Because Medicaid was for the very
poor, middle-class families weren't
covered. They made enough money to
live, but it wasn't enough for healthcare
It didn't cover all areas, e.g., glasses
Elementary and Secondary Act They aimed to solve the problem of Before the acts, 54 million Americans
poor education. $8 billion was given in had never finished high school, 8
(ESEA) and Higher Education funding. HEA gave low interest loans to million had under 5 years of schooling
Act (HEA) (1965) students and introduced the National and 100,000 high school graduates with
Teachers Corps which recruited proven ability could not afford college.
teachers to serve in low-income areas By the end of LBJ's presidency, over 13
