https://padlet.com/19swickmad/ytao1ogbz4nk By Josie and Maddy en-us 2018-03-08 20:11:20 UTC 2018-03-12 19:22:38 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Balance.png 19swickmad https://padlet.com/19swickmad/ytao1ogbz4nk/wish/239896875 The Federal Emergency Relief Administration Act cooperatively worked with the state government to provide federal grants for relief purposes. Many people were able to work because of this act. ]]> 2018-03-08 20:11:20 UTC https://padlet.com/19swickmad/ytao1ogbz4nk/wish/239896875 19swickmad https://padlet.com/19swickmad/ytao1ogbz4nk/wish/239896879 Direct aid was given to the states, which funneled funds through such local agencies as home relief bureaus and departments of welfare for poor relief. The funds, intended to buoy 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.]]> 2018-03-08 20:11:20 UTC https://padlet.com/19swickmad/ytao1ogbz4nk/wish/239896879 19swickmad https://padlet.com/19swickmad/ytao1ogbz4nk/wish/239896881 FERA was allotted as a start-up fund of $500 million from the Reconstruction Finance Corporation to help the needy and unemployed.

]]> 2018-03-08 20:11:20 UTC https://padlet.com/19swickmad/ytao1ogbz4nk/wish/239896881 19swickmad https://padlet.com/19swickmad/ytao1ogbz4nk/wish/239896882  The Federal Emergency Relief Administration was the new name given by the Roosevelt Administration to the Emergency Relief Administration which President Franklin Delano Roosevelt had created in 1933.]]> 2018-03-08 20:11:20 UTC https://padlet.com/19swickmad/ytao1ogbz4nk/wish/239896882 19swickmad https://padlet.com/19swickmad/ytao1ogbz4nk/wish/239910166 Harry Hopkins, a former social worker, was appointed director of FERA. Hopkins was a believer in relief efforts that emphasized work; the program also funded public work projects.]]> 2018-03-08 20:39:04 UTC https://padlet.com/19swickmad/ytao1ogbz4nk/wish/239910166