When Did The Agency Begin?
The National Youth Administration began on June 26, 1935
When FDR signed an executive order establishing the
NYA a new deal program designed to address the
unemployment among the depression era youth problem.
When FDR signed an executive order establishing the
NYA a new deal program designed to address the
unemployment among the depression era youth problem.
Where there any laws , buildings or specific issues of progress that the program helped create or aid?
The Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of 1935 helped fund the National Youth Administration. The NYA created educational camps for unemployed women and men. woman from 18-25 and men from 16-25. There was a one to four month training period that included self-government , cooperative living, and studying the problem of women in industry . in 1938 the camps were turned into resident centers for people who needed housing. Especially the people from rural areas that could not travel. Those people lived in dormitories and trained for six to eighth months. The NYA used school campuses but mostly built their own buildings. Such as recreation centers, barns , small slaughter houses, woods and metal-working shops , black smith shop,and even auto repair shops.
FUN FACT:
In the 1930's there was a lot of youth that was unemployed.
Eleanor Roosevelt was worried that a long term unemployment
and borderline poverty would possibly undermine young American
faith in democracy. She tried to push FDR to address the
unemployment issue. FDR was not really on board with all
of this but Eleanor efforts made him change his mind. So basically if it were not for Eleanor this whole youth organizations would never happen.
Eleanor Roosevelt was worried that a long term unemployment
and borderline poverty would possibly undermine young American
faith in democracy. She tried to push FDR to address the
unemployment issue. FDR was not really on board with all
of this but Eleanor efforts made him change his mind. So basically if it were not for Eleanor this whole youth organizations would never happen.