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1.4 ANTI POVERTY POLICIES AND ECONOMIC DIVISIONS 1961-80, image, GREAT…
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GREAT SOCIETY.
He set up an independent agency with 130 staff and 960 million. He believed that poverty was the problem and not poor people.
-Congress did not pass all the bills that the Johnson administration presented.
-However, social welfare was extended to cover more people and give out more benfits.
OVERALL: the great society laws were well intentioned and the scale of the problem was so big that the funding was not enough.
CAPS. Community Action Projects.
Mostly women and collected data on local problems and projects to solve them.
One successful project in Memphis focused on high infant mortality and worked with medical professions to set up clinics to provide care and advice.
-However, some projects failed.The competition to gain project could lead to greater tension.
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