Title: New Deal Programs | Living New Deal
Headings: New Deal Programs
New Deal Programs
The New Deal was an amalgam of dozens of programs and agencies created by the Roosevelt Administration and the Congress.
Economic Stimulus & Stabilization
Bank Stabilization & Financial Reform
Relief & Welfare
Public Works – New Programs
Public Works – Expansion of Existing Programs
Arts & Culture Programs
Public Works Programs Reorganization
Rural & Farm Assistance
Housing Aid & Mortgage Reform
Labor Law
Health & Public Safety
Land & Wildlife Conservation
Regulation of Trade, Transport, & Communications
Indian Lands & US Territories
Civil & Criminal Justice

Content: became model for WPA. Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA) (1933)
Created under the Federal Emergency Relief Act to award grants to states for works programs to hire the unemployed and provide direct relief payments to the indigent. Works Progress Administration (WPA) (1935) – renamed Work Projects Administration (1939)
Created by Executive Order to fund state and local public works projects. Hired the unemployed directly and became the largest of all public works programs. National Youth Administration (NYA) (1935)
Created by Executive Order as a subdivision of the WPA. Hired young men and women, both in and out of school, for works programs. Rural Electrification Administration (REA) (1935)
Created by Executive Order to bring electricity to isolated rural areas. Made permanent by Rural Electrification Act (1936). Soil Conservation Service (SCS) (1935)
Created by Soil Conservation Act (1935) to continue work of Soil Erosion Service (SES) created under Emergency Conservation Act (1933). Public Works – Expansion of Existing Programs
Bureau of Public Roads (BPR) (1918) – renamed Public Roads Administration (1939)
Built roads in national parks & forests, assisted states with road construction, helped beautify highways, and conducted various transportation studies.