The Federal Emergency Relief Administration, also known as FERA, was inaugurated on May 22, 1933. In the same year that President Roosevelt took office. The main purpose of FERA was to provide states with grants and funds in order to fund the needs of the states. Such needs included relief measures, providing work for people who were able to work, and diversifying the relief programs that were already available. FERA was an executive order put forth by President FDR and was presided over by Harry Hopkins, whom had led the previous New York State Temporary Emergency Relief Administration. However, FERA was dissolved in December of 1935 and replaced by the Social Security Administration (SSA) and the Works Progress Administration (WPA). Along
