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In 1964, the Congress of the United States passed the Economic Opportunity Act for the purpose of “eliminating the paradox of poverty in the midst of plenty." The Office of Economic Opportunity (OEO) was given the mission to develop and carry out a national strategy to end poverty by working with and through key public and private institutions at the national, state, and local levels. As a result, Community Action Agencies were being formed across the nation as a local mechanism to address and end poverty in local communities.
Resolution No. 46 was passed in June of 1965 by the County Board of Supervisors (now known as the Oswego County Legislature), under the leadership of Supervisor Eugene Saloga. The resolution permitted the establishment of a local agency to receive OEO monies and operate local anti-poverty programs.
Immediately, concerned county officials and individuals set about to establish such an agency to fulfill the goals of the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 and the County Legislators Resolution of 1965. In March 1966, Oswego County Opportunities (OCO) was chartered.
OCO was incorporated as a not-for-profit human services agency on March 15, 1966, as a result of President Lyndon Johnson’s Economic Opportunity Program. The original intent was to operate programs through Oswego County’s Office of Economic Opportunities; but the county never applied for funding.

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