This report presents a case study of programs that provide either formal or informal training for economically disadvantaged youth from fourteen to twenty-one years of age at six community action agencies in the state of Ohio. The following programs involving the six agencies were examined: inschool public sector programs funded by the Comprehensive Employment Training Act (CETA); out-of-school public and private sector programs funded by CETA; out-of-school public and private sector programs funded by the Community Services Administration; and the Department of Labor's Job Corps program. Data collected through two sets of on-site interviews with agency administrators, job counselors, job supervisors, and program participants is summarized and presented in table and narrative form in terms of strengths and weaknesses inherent in the agencies and programs. Focus is on four facets of agency and program operation: context, identification, intervention, and evaluation. Recommendations grouped according to the four facets are presented and include improving communication between agencies and strengthening the counseling functions in agency programs. Appendixes include description of methodological factors that were considered prior to implementing the study, and complete sets of interview schedules. A companion volume of innovative program ideas culled from the study is available separately. (BL)