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  2. California State Relief Administration - Wikipedia

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    The California State Relief Administration (SRA), created in 1935, was the successor to the State Emergency Relief Administration (SERA), created in 1933. The agencies were responsible for distributing state and federal funds to improve conditions in California during the Great Depression, and administered unemployment relief. [1]

  3. Federal Emergency Relief Administration - Wikipedia

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    The Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA) was a program established by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1933, building on the Hoover administration 's Emergency Relief and Construction Act. It was replaced in 1935 by the Works Progress Administration (WPA). During the Hoover Administration, the federal government gave loans to the ...

  4. List of California state agencies - Wikipedia

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    Business, Consumer Services, and Housing Agency, California (BCSH) Cannabis Control, Bureau of. Cemetery and Funeral Bureau (CFB) Central Valley Flood Protection Board (CVFPB) Child Support Services, Department of (CDCSS) Chiropractic Examiners, Board of (BCE) Citizens Compensation Commission, California.

  5. Welfare in California - Wikipedia

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    The California Medical Assistance Program (Medi-Cal) is California's Medicaid program serving low-income families, seniors, persons with disabilities, children in foster care, pregnant women, and childless adults with incomes below 138% of federal poverty level. Benefits include doctor's office visits, emergency services, hospitalization ...

  6. Resettlement Administration - Wikipedia

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    Farm Security Administration. Agency executive. Rexford G. Tugwell, Head. The Resettlement Administration (RA) was a New Deal U.S. federal agency created May 1, 1935. [1] It relocated struggling urban and rural families to communities planned by the federal government. On September 1, 1937, it was succeeded by the Farm Security Administration.

  7. Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program - Wikipedia

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    Parts of this article (those related to 2021 rate increase, e.g., Biden administration prompts largest permanent increase in food stamps) need to be updated. Please help update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information. (August 2021) United States Department of Agriculture Program overview Formed 1939 ; 85 years ago (1939) Jurisdiction Federal government of the ...

  8. California Civil Rights Department - Wikipedia

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    The California Civil Rights Department (CRD) (formerly known as the Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH)) is an agency of California state government charged with the protection of residents from employment, housing and public accommodation discrimination, and hate violence. It is the largest state civil rights agency in the United ...

  9. End Poverty in California - Wikipedia

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    End Poverty in California (EPIC) was a political campaign started in 1934 by socialist writer Upton Sinclair (best known as author of The Jungle). The movement formed the basis for Sinclair's campaign for Governor of California in 1934. The plan called for a massive public works program, sweeping tax reform, and guaranteed pensions.