This paper discusses the St. Luke's-Area III Learning Center, which deals with problems of urban youth. Its operational model coordinates instructional activities of the Atlanta Public Schools with Social Services of numerous governmental agencies of the Atlanta area, along with business, civic, and religious groups. The learning center provides a referral opportunity for the school districts' high school students who do not function properly in the traditional setting. The Learning Center is separate from the schools, but it provides the basis for an in-school approach. Project Propinquity is an off-shoot of the Learning Center. It applies the concept of integrating educational and social service resources to inner city schools. Students in the program include 120 15-year old youths identified for the project by the high school administration on the basis of identified needs for social services, chronic absenteeism, and general low achievement levels. The structure of the project provides the opportunity for existing human service resources to come together with educational resources. Results of an evaluation of the project indicate that at the beginning of the project the learners were severely retarded in their achievement. Through project participation, some students improved their attendance markedly and with this improvement came increased passing grades and increased learning of math skills. This pattern occurred with only a part of the total group, and the overall mean attendance did not improve. (Author/AM)