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'''Federal Emergency Relief Administration''' ('''FERA''') was the new name given by the Roosevelt Administration to the "'''Emergency Relief Administration'''" which President [[Herbert Hoover]] had created in 1932.  FERA was established as a result of the [[Federal Emergency Relief Act]] and was replaced in 1935 by the [[WPA]].

'''Federal Emergency Relief Administration''' ('''FERA''') was the new name given by the Roosevelt Administration to the "'''Emergency Relief Administration'''" which President [[Herbert Hoover]] had created in 1932.  FERA was established as a result of the "Federal Emergency Relief Act of 1933, part of the First [[New Deal]] and was replaced in 1935 by the [[WPA]], which was part of the Second New Deal.  [[Harry Hopkins]] headed FERA and later WPA.

ERA under Hoover gave loans to the states to operate relief programs. FERA, started in May 1933, gave grants to the states for the same purpose. The New York program, TERA was headed by [[Harry Hopkins]], a close advisor to Governor [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]]. Roosevelt asked Congress to set up FERA in May 1933, and appointed Hopkins to head it. Along with [[CCC]] it was the first relief operation under the [[New Deal]].

ERA, funded through the [[RFC]] under Hoover gave loans to the states to operate relief programs. FERA, started in May 1933, gave grants to the states for the same purpose. The New York program, TERA was headed by [[Harry Hopkins]], a close advisor to Governor [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]]. Roosevelt asked Congress to set up FERA in May 1933, and appointed Hopkins to head it. Along with [[CCC]] it was the first relief operation under the New Deal.

FERA's main goal was alleviating household unemployment by creating new unskilled jobs in local and state government. Jobs were more expensive than direct cash payments (called "the dole"), but were psychologically more beneficial to the unemployed, who wanted any sort of job for self-esteem to to play the role of male breadwinner. From May 1933 until it closed in December, 1935, FERA gave states and localities $3.1 billion.  FERA provided work for over 20 million people and developed facilities on public lands across the country.  

FERA's main goal was alleviating household unemployment by creating new unskilled jobs in local and state government.  FERA gave the money but the states and localities operated the program, selected the projects, and hired and paid the workers. Jobs were more expensive than direct cash payments (called "the dole"), but were psychologically more beneficial to the unemployed, who wanted any sort of job because a job gave for self-esteem and allowed them to play the role of male breadwinner in the family. From May 1933 until it closed in December, 1935, FERA gave states and localities $3.1 billion.  FERA provided work for families that included over 20 million people. It built many public facilities --like sidewalks and sewers--across the country.  

Faced with continued high unemployment and concerns for public welfare during the coming winter of 1933-34, FERA instituted the [[Civil Works Administration]] (CWA) as a $400 million short-term measure to get people to work. The Federal Emergency Relief Administration was terminated in 1935 and its work taken over by two entirely new federal agencies, the [[WPA]] and the [[[Social Security]].

Faced with continued high unemployment and concerns for public welfare during the coming winter of 1933-34, FERA instituted the [[Civil Works Administration]] (CWA) as a $400 million short-term measure to get people to work. The Federal Emergency Relief Administration was terminated in 1935 and its work taken over by two entirely new federal agencies, the [[WPA]] and the [[[Social Security]].