by ANTHONY ISSAK

Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA)

299537 — 2016-01-12 16:57:40 UTC

Goal

299537 — 2016-01-12 17:08:19 UTC

This organization's purposewas initially to distribute 500 million dollars in federal funds to state agencies. These funds were grants and not loans.

299537 — 2016-01-13 02:09:21 UTC

Yes I believe it was successful because on May 22, 1933, the Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA) was inaugurated. The chief architect of this program was Harry Hopkins, the former president and executive director of the New York State Temporary Emergency Relief Administration and a man who had, by 1933, 20 years of experience in social work and welfare administration. He had worked with Franklin Roosevelt in New York, and the two became good friends, with Hopkins serving as Roosevelt's chief advisor and confidant throughout his administration.

299537 — 2016-01-13 02:12:00 UTC

Yes I believe it was a good use of funding because direct aid was given to the states, which gave funds through local agencies as home relief bureaus and departments of welfare for poor relief. The funds, intended to buy up those hurt most by the Depression, paid for work completed, cash outlays, food and clothes. Within the first two hours, $5 million were distributed.

299537 — 2016-01-13 02:17:48 UTC

Some people might have been critical because FERA accepted as elementary that all needy persons and their dependents should receive relief to prevent physical suffering and to maintain a minimum standard of living.". In a report to Congress in 1936, FERA indicated that while actual physical suffering was prevented, it was never fully possible to achieve living standards of minimum decency for the entire population in need of relief.

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