(a)      The Community Services Administration is hereby created for the general purpose of creating and participating in various areas and types of youth and work-training programs; urban and rural community action programs; special programs to combat poverty in rural and urban areas; employment and investment incentive programs; work-experience programs and of combating unemployment and assisting in the education, training and economic betterment of citizens of the State of Maryland.

      (b)      All references in this or any other article of the Code to the Office of Community Services or to the Maryland Office of Economic Opportunity shall be deemed to mean the Community Services Administration.