The OEO Creates the Legal Services Program
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The Office of Economic Opportunity (OEO) launches the Legal Services Program, a precursor to LSC. The program serves as an early testing ground to learn about funding legal services for low-income Americans. Within nine months, 130 OEO legal services programs are being funded.