JOB CONNECTION OFFICE IS CLOSING.(CAPITAL REGION)

Byline: KATHLEEN DOOLEY Staff writer

Catholic Charities of Saratoga, Warren and Washington counties will close the Job Connection youth employment advocacy office at the end of the year.

``The funding has not kept pace with the need for the programming,'' said Sister Charla Commins, executive director of Catholic Charities. Over the past three years, the Job Connection had to close during the summer months because of lack of funding.

``We try to have programs pay for themselves and are burdened already, raising funds to meet the basic, concrete needs of the economically poor and vulnerable. At this point, it was not a program we had extra money to …