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Cornell University ILR School DigitalCommons@ILR Federal Publications Key orkplace Documents 1-14-2010 J ob Creation Programs of the Great Depression: the WPA and the CCC Linda Levine Cong ressional Research Service Follow this and additional works at : /key_workplace Thank you for downloading an article from DigitalCommons@ILR . Support this valuable resource today ! This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Key orkplace Documents at DigitalCommons@ILR . It has been accepted for inclusion in Federal Publications by an authorized administrator of DigitalCommons@ILR . For more information, please contact hlmdigital@. J ob Creation Programs of the Great Depression: the WPA and the CCC Abstract [Excerpt] This report first describes the social policy environment in which the 1930s job creation programs were developed and examines the reasons for their shortcomings then and as models for current-day countercyclical employment measures. It then provides a brief overview of the two job creation programs of the Depression-era that Members of Congress have asked about most frequently: the orks Progress or Projects Administration ( PA) and the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC). Keywords employment, job creation, Great Depression, public policy, orks Progress Administration, PA, Civilian Conservation Corps, CCC Comments Suggested Citation Levine, L. (2010). J ob creation prog rams of the Great Depression: the WPA a nd the CCC. ashington, DC: Congressional Research Service. /key_workplace/708 This article is available at DigitalCommons@ILR : /key_workplace/708 Job Creation Programs of the Great Depression: the WPA and the CCC Linda L