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Do not fill this in! ===Programs and organizations=== {{See also|Organization (LDS Church)}} [[File:BYU mountain view.JPG|right|thumb|The campus of [[Brigham Young University]], in [[Provo, Utah]], one of several educational institutions sponsored by the church]] Under the leadership of the priesthood hierarchy are five organizations that fill various roles in the church: [[Relief Society]], the [[Young Men (organization)|Young Men]] and [[Young Women (organization)|Young Women]] organizations, [[Primary (LDS Church)|Primary]], and [[Sunday School (LDS Church)|Sunday School]].<ref name=Encyclopedia.com/> Women serve as presidents and counselors in the presidencies of the Relief Society, Young Women, and Primary, while men serve as presidents and counselors of the Young Men and Sunday School.<ref>{{cite web |title= Organization How the Church Is Organized |url= http://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/topics/church-organization/how-the-church-is-organized |work= churchofjesuschrist.org |publisher= [[LDS Church]] |access-date= September 23, 2014}}</ref> The church also operates several programs and organizations in the fields of proselytizing, education, and church welfare such as LDS Humanitarian Services. Many of these organizations and programs are coordinated by the Priesthood Correlation Program, which is designed to provide a systematic approach to maintain worldwide consistency, orthodoxy, and control of the church's ordinances, doctrines, organizations, meetings, materials, and other programs and activities.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |contribution-url= https://eom.byu.edu/index.php/Correlation_of_the_Church_Administration |contribution= Correlation of the Church Administration |first= Frank O. |last= May Jr. |page= 323 |editor1-last= Ludlow |editor1-first= Daniel H |editor1-link= Daniel H. Ludlow |encyclopedia= Encyclopedia of Mormonism |location= New York |publisher= [[Macmillan Publishers]] |year= 1992 |isbn= 0-02-879602-0 |oclc= 24502140 |title-link= Encyclopedia of Mormonism |access-date= September 23, 2014}}</ref><ref name=Making/>{{rp|184–215}} The church operates CES, which includes BYU, [[Brigham Young University–Idaho|BYU–Idaho]], [[Brigham Young University–Hawaii|BYU–Hawaii]], and [[Ensign College]]. The church also operates [[Institute of Religion|Institutes of Religion]] near the campuses of many colleges and universities. For high-school aged youth, the church operates a four-year [[LDS Seminary|Seminary program]], which provides religious classes for students to supplement their secular education.<ref name =Encyclopedia.com/> The church also sponsors a low-interest educational loan program known as the [[Perpetual Education Fund]], which provides educational opportunities to students from [[developing nations]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2001 |title=LDS Perpetual Education Fund |url=https://www.philanthropyroundtable.org/almanac/lds-perpetual-education-fund/ |access-date=June 27, 2023 |website=[[Philanthropy Roundtable]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Newton |first=Michael R. |date=2011 |title=The Perpetual Education Fund: A Model for Educational Microfinance? |url=http://www.ssrn.com/abstract=1822669 |journal=SSRN Electronic Journal |page=1 |doi=10.2139/ssrn.1822669 |issn=1556-5068 |publisher=[[Social Science Research Network]]|s2cid=153356848 }}</ref> [[File:LDS genealogy library slc utah.jpg|thumb|right|The church's [[Family History Library]] is the world's largest library dedicated to [[genealogy|genealogical research]]]] The church's welfare system, initiated in 1930 during the Great Depression, provides aid to the poor. Leaders ask members to fast once a month and donate the money they would have spent on those meals to help the needy, in what is called a fast offering.<ref name =Encyclopedia.com/> Money from the program is used to operate [[Bishop's storehouse]]s, which package and store food at low cost. Distribution of funds and food is administered by local [[Bishop (Latter Day Saints)|bishops]]. The church also distributes money through its [[LDS Philanthropies|Philanthropies]] division to disaster victims worldwide.<ref name = "LDSP" /> Other church programs and departments include [[Family Services]], which provides [[adoption]] resource referrals, [[relationship counseling|marital and family counseling]], [[psychotherapy]], and [[intervention (counseling)|addiction counseling]];<ref>{{cite book|last1= Swedin|first1=Eric G.|title=Healing Souls: Psychotherapy in the Latter-day Saint Community|year=2003|publisher=[[University of Illinois Press]]|isbn= 0-252-02864-3|pages= 164–165| edition=1|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kPu6ngqY9R0C|access-date=November 14, 2016|via=[[Google Books]]}}</ref> the LDS Church History Department, which collects church history and records; and the Family History Department, which administers the church's large family history efforts, including FamilySearch, the world's largest [[Family History Library|family history library]] and organization.<ref name=Genealogy/><ref>{{Cite news |last=Dobner |first=Jennifer |date=June 11, 2010 |title='Genealogy tourists' flock to Salt Lake City |publisher=[[NBC News]] |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna37556270 |access-date=June 24, 2023}}</ref> Other facilities owned and operated by the church include Temple Square, the [[Church Office Building]], the [[Church Administration Building]], the [[Church History Library]] and the [[Granite Mountain Records Vault]]. 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