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The Strategy Realized…..









                                   • Johnson proposed an expansion in the federal government's

                                       role in domestic policy. In addition to the Economic Opportunity
                                       Act,  Congress enacted two major civil-rights acts (1964 and

                                       1965) and two education acts (1965). In addition to the EOA

                                       and its programs, legislation was passed that created Medicaid,
                                       and Medicare.


                                   • To realize the strategy of the EOA, a cabinet level office was

                                       established. The Office of Economic Opportunity (OEO) was

                                       created to coordinate all the federal government’s anti-poverty

                                       efforts and programs. It was also to be a laboratory for program
                                       development.


                                   • The OEO established a direct federal – local relationship,

                                       basically by-passing the states.  It encouraged the development

                                       of community organizations and funded them.
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