Federal Emergency Relief Administration

Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA)

WHY IT WAS CREATED:

• Gave money loans,to state that needed to make relief programs.
• It is a new deal government-spending program .
• To give direct cash assistance to the impoverished and the poor.

WHO DID IT AFFECT:

• It affected the society.
• FERA provided state assistance for the unemployed and their families.
• FERA provided work for over 20 million people and developed facilities on public lands across the country.
• It benefit mens should be put to work and not be given charity.

WAS IT SUCCESSFUL?

• Yes it was it created jobs for the unskilled workers.
• In that is provided much needed emergency funds to those that were unemployed.
• it kept many families together when coupled with other programs for clothes, medical services.
• Many families survived until regular employment opportunities became available.

IS IT STILL AROUND TODAY?

• No, when Congress passed the Social Security Act of 1935.
• Emergency Relief Act, passed at the outset of the New Deal by Congress.

WORK CITED

• http://www.chacha.com/question/is-the-federal-emergency-relief-act-still-ar...