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community action programs  

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  • The Community Action Program (CAP) was a U.S. federal initiative created through the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964. An extension of President John F. Kennedy's commitment to anti-poverty, CAP was the initial centerpiece of the Johnson administration's war on poverty within the era's Great Society efforts. [Source: Encyclopedia of Activism and Social Justice; Community Action Program]

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