The Church's own published history topic page on its welfare programs, documenting the 1936 announcement of the Church Security Program under Heber J. Grant, its stake councils, fast offering funding, work projects, and bishops' storehouses established to answer the Great Depression.
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Reliability Tier1
The church's own published history topic page, tier 1, used here for the 1936 Church Security Program's announcement and its stake councils, fast offerings, and work projects, corroborated by BYU Studies' account of the plan's origin below. NotesUsed for the 1936 announcement of the Church Security Program, its regional stake councils, fast offering funding, and work projects.
Citation
PublisherThe Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
URLhttps://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/history/topics/welfare-programs?lang=eng
Source TypeInstitutional
Claims Backed By This Source (13 claims)
This source backs 13 claims across the atlas. As facts: 9 well-attested. As cited relationships: 3 holds. Plus 1 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
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- Spread Events, 7 claims: 3 well-attested, 3 holds, 1 general references.
- Sources, 6 claims: 6 well-attested.
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