The Community Action Program was part of which act?

The Community Action Program was part of which act?

• A. Civil Rights Act
• B. Housing Act
• C. Economic Opportunity Act
• D. Education Act

Answer: (C)

Understanding how the War on Poverty organized federal antipoverty efforts helps explain why the Community Action Program was created. The Community Action Program came from the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964, which established the Office of Economic Opportunity and funded local community action agencies to involve poor people in designing and running antipoverty initiatives. The aim was to coordinate education, job training, health, housing, and other services at the local level and give participants a say in how programs were run. Other acts addressed different goals—civil rights, housing, and education—not the creation of the Community Action Program. So the act that established it is the Economic Opportunity Act.

Understanding how the War on Poverty organized federal antipoverty efforts helps explain why the Community Action Program was created. The Community Action Program came from the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964, which established the Office of Economic Opportunity and funded local community action agencies to involve poor people in designing and running antipoverty initiatives. The aim was to coordinate education, job training, health, housing, and other services at the local level and give participants a say in how programs were run. Other acts addressed different goals—civil rights, housing, and education—not the creation of the Community Action Program. So the act that established it is the Economic Opportunity Act.