The National Youth Administration, or NYA, was a New Deal agency that focused on supplying employment and education for young Americans. Overall, the agency helped millions of youth by providing work, training, and financial help. It also opened two programs, the WPP and SAP, that focused on providing training for the young people. The NYA helped solve some of the problems during the depression, and although later abolished, was very successful. The Great Depression began in 1929, soon after the stock market crash of October 1929, sending Wall Street into panic (“The Great Depression). The youth unemployment rate went down rapidly and many were unable to afford education. The depression brought hardship to youth from entering the labor force
