Because the great depression was especially hard on american senior citizens and those with disabilities, the second new deal included the

It included the New Deal's Social Security Act of 1935 drafted by Frances Perkins. The Act provided for the welfare payments not only for the disabled but also for the unemployed, retirement and the poor. The New Deal targeted the people, their housing benefit, aid for farming, and labor benefits. It became the backbone of the US Social Security System which was pushed by President Roosevelt.