Other Important Acts
Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 and Amendments • Established the U.S. Economic Development Administration to create and retain jobs and to help stimulate industrial and commercial growth in distressed rural and urban communities across the nation; primarily focused on providing assistance to communities for infrastructure, including water, sewer and roads. • In the early‐1970s EDA’s portfolio expanded to include an extensive planning initiative which became the Partnership Planning program in support of regional Economic Development Districts . Older Americans Act of 1965 and Amendments • Response to concern by policymakers about a lack of community social services for older persons. Established authority for grants to states for community planning and social services, research and development projects, and personnel training in the field of aging. Subsequent amendments led to the formation of regional Area Agencies on Aging to help coordinated and deliver programming.
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