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Maternal and Child Health Services 383 McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act 385 Medicaid 387 Medicare 389 Mental Illness and Poverty 391 Minimum-Wage Laws 393 Minimum-Wage Laws—Supreme Court Cases 396 Model Cities 402 Mothers’ Pensions 404 N National and Community Service Trust Act of 1993 409 National Association for the Advancement of Colored People 415 National Consumers League 417 National Health Insurance 420 National Labor Relations Act 427 National Recovery Administration 431 National School Lunch Act 434 National Service 439 National Voter Registration Act of 1963 441 National Youth Administration 443 New Deal 445 New Deal Cooperative Communities 450 New Deal Women’s Network 454 O Orphanages 459 Outdoor Relief 462 P Paine, Thomas 465 Perkins, Frances 469 Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 473 Playgrounds 477 Poorhouses 480 Poor Laws, Early American 483 Poor People’s Campaign 489 Poverty Line 492 Private Charity 494 The Problem of Indian Administration (1928) 497 Progressive Era 501 Prohibition 507 Public Libraries 509 Public Schools 513 Public Works Administration 519 Public Works Projects 521 viii | Contents