Its direct forerunner was the Volunteers in Service of America program that sprang from the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964.

On Aug. 20, 1964, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed into law the Economic Opportunity Act, a centerpiece of his War on Poverty. Along with 10 other major programs, the act established a federal ...

Misnamed “family planning” programs and are a key cause for why America is facing a birth rate problem. They began under the Great Society.

The program began in 1964 as part of former President Lyndon B. Johnson’s War on Poverty under the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964.

EOAC is a nonprofit chartered by the state of Texas in 1966 to carry out the federal Economic Opportunity Act of 1964. Jesse said EOAC has adopted new initiatives as it occupies its new home.

The Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 established the Health Center Program as a way to improve health care among marginalized and underserved communities in the nation.