Federal Emergency Relief Administration facts for kids
 Camp for unemployed women in Pennsylvania (1934) |
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| Agency overview | |
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| Formed | May 1933 |
| Preceding |
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| Dissolved | December 1935 |
| Superseding agency | |
| Employees | Provided work for over 20 million people |
| Child agency | |
The Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA) was the name given by the Roosevelt Administration to the Emergency Relief Administration (ERA). President Franklin Delano Roosevelt had created it in 1933. FERA was created from the Federal Emergency Relief Act. In 1935, it was replaced by the Works Progress Administration (WPA).
From May 1933 until December 1935, FERA gave states and cities $3.1 billion (the equivalent of $55.4 billion in 2017). FERA provided work for over 20 million people and developed facilities on public lands across the country.
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Ellen S. Woodward directed FERA's women's programs and later became an administrator for the Works Progress Administration and Social Security Administration
See also
In Spanish: Federal Emergency Relief Administration para niños
