This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in providing nonresidential social assistance services for children and youth. These establishments provide for the welfare of children in such areas as adoption and foster care, drug prevention, life skills training, and positive social development.

Areas include: adoption agencies, adoption services, aid to families with dependent children, child guidance agencies, child welfare services, community centers (except recreational only), foster care placement agencies, foster home placement services, self-help organizations, teen outreach services, youth centers, youth guidance organizations, and youth self-help organizations.