Or, if the grantees prefer, the Foundation will pay them in cash for the services. The grantees identified numerous advantages to providing technical assistance. Seeing other grantees struggling with similar issues can help people gain a greater sense of perspective, to see the bigger picture. It can give grantees a sense of validation and self-esteem from helping others and taking on the role of the expert. Working together in this way can help unify the grantees in the Lifeline Initiative.
Grantees can sharpen their skills by helping one another.
They also raised some valid concerns. Inability to maintain clear priorities. Unrealistic expectations from the client who contracts for technical assistance. Grantees talked about the need for establishing clear contractual agreements in advance. Creating dependency rather than the capacity of clients to address their issues.