Young people in trouble could once turn to truant officers and community agencies.

Instead, religious groups will have to compete with other community agencies for the same limited funds, she told them.

United Ways now support more than 40,000 community agencies, big and small.

She now works for a community agency, producing its newsletter.

The area is now served by a community postal agency.

"What this will do is promote collaboration between schools and community agencies."

Most of the campers - boys and girls 7 to 15 - are referred by a community agency.

Families register for the camps through 60 community agencies in the city.

In the mid-1980s, the program was dissolved or merged into other community agencies.

The program would establish partnerships between schools, employers and community agencies.