National Youth Administration

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National Youth Administration (NYA), former U.S. government agency established in 1935 within the Works Progress Administration; it was transferred in 1939 to the Federal Security Agency and was placed in 1942 under the War Manpower Commission. Created in a period of widespread unemployment as part of the New Deal program of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, the NYA at first engaged in obtaining part-time work for unemployed youths. As unemployment decreased and war approached, emphasis was gradually shifted to training youths for war work until, early in 1942, all NYA activities not contributing to the war effort were dropped. Its activities ceased late in 1943.

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No references found			Yet a closer look at his early political career, particularly his stint as state director for the National Youth Administration (NYA) in Texas, suggests a deeper commitment to civil rights than this simple narrative of personal and political evolution would indicate. "To be shot at by the whites and dodged by the negroes": Lyndon ... by Lerner, Mitchell / Presidential Studies Quarterly As early as 1938, President Roosevelt had used National Youth Administration funds for experimental pilot training. Short-term military needs or long-term curricular reform? The impact ... by Gallagher, Edward A. / Michigan Academician In 1935, Congress established the National Youth Administration to help homeless teens find work. Letters by New York Times Upfront			National Society for Park Resources National Software Reuse Directory National Spatial Data Infrastructure National Storytelling Festival National style national superannuation National Television Standards Committee National Theater National Theatre of Great Britain National Tom Sawyer Days National Trails National Trust National Trust for Historic Preservation National Union of Popular Forces National United Front of Cambodia National Vulnerability Database National Warri Festival National Wealth National Western Stock Show National Westminster Bank National Wild & Scenic Rivers National Wildlife Federation National Wildlife Refuge Association National Wildlife Refuges National World War II Memorial National Youth Administration National-State Demarcation of the Soviet Republics of Middle Asia Nationalism Nationalist Party Nationalists Nationality Nationalization Nationalization of the Land native Native American arts Native American Ceremonies in June at Devils Tower Native American Church Native American languages Native American music Native American Music Awards Native American Rights Fund Native American Scenic Byway - North Dakota Native American Scenic Byway - South Dakota Native Americans Native Antimony native application Native Arsenic native asphalt Native Bismuth native capacity native coal			National Yellow Pages Service Association National Yiddish Book Center National Yo-Yo League National Yogurt Association National Yogurt Association Criteria National Young Astronomer Award National Young Athletes League National Young Bird Show National Young Community Leaders Recognition National Young Driver Survey National Young Farmer Educational Association National Young Farmers' Coalition National Young Filmmakers Award National Young Leaders Advisory Council National Young Leaders Conference National Young Leaders State Conference National Young Physicists' Tournament National Young Scholars Program National Young Water Professionals National Young Writers Festival National Youth Achievement Award National Youth Achievement Award Council National Youth Action Plan National Youth Activity Team Tournament National Youth Administration National Youth Advisory Board National Youth Advocacy Coalition National Youth Advocacy Service National Youth Affairs Research Scheme National Youth Agency National Youth and Student Peace Coalition National Youth Anti-Drug Media Campaign National Youth Art Month National Youth Arts Festival National Youth Arts Wales National Youth Association for Food Security National Youth Association of Bhutan National Youth at Risk National Youth Awareness Forum National Youth Brass Band National Youth Brass Band of Great Britain National Youth Brass Band of Scotland National Youth Brass Band of Wales National Youth Bureau National Youth Careers and Transitions Advisory Group National Youth Center Network National Youth Center of Korea National Youth Choir National Youth Choir of Scotland

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