Mrs. Clark-Yarbrough, 25, is a rehabilitation counselor for mentally ill adults with Federation Employment Guidance Services, a nonprofit social-services agency in Manhattan and the Bronx.

No one else wanted them, and the city's social-services agency was ill-prepared to place them.

Her mother is the executive director of New Alternatives for Children, a nonprofit social-services agency in New York.

All contributions go directly to seven social-services agencies because The Times pays all overhead.

We collaborate closely with other social-services agencies and refer parents to various community services including therapists, day care and the like.

The Commissioner, Cesar A. Perales, said the thousands of workers employed by the city's social-services agency were demoralized as a result of deteriorating social conditions in the city.

The social-services agency, the Project Return Foundation, wants to buy a building at 107-113 Franklin Street for its executive offices, an 80-bed drug-rehabilitation center and a small outpatient service.

The bridegroom, 31, is a vocational counselor at FedCap Rehabilitation Services, a private social-services agency in Manhattan, where he trains and places adults with disabilities in jobs.

Her mother, Jill Gilbert, is a health educator at Brookwood Child Care, a nonprofit social-services agency in Brooklyn.

We get calls every day from parents, teachers, social-services agencies begging for resources.