In Botswana for example, an independent government body has been established and takes responsibility for the Tirelo Sechaba programme. It has a small secretariat which takes responsibility for allocation and orientation of participants. Service is overseen by other government departments, parastatals or NGOs which are supported by this independent body in carrying out their programmes. . In some countries where service has been made compulsory for higher education students, the programmes are administered and supervised by university faculty members. Guidelines are issued by the Directorate of Higher Education and each university has an institute of community service that operates the programme.
Faculty members have to support students in overcoming problems encountered while doing projects.
Depending on the service involved in particular programmes financial support of students is shared between government ministries. In the United States, the Corporation for National Service was established as a statutory body and operates under the control of a bipartisan board of directors and a management and administrative team. The Corporation for National Service selects programmes, provides resources, oversight and evaluation to ensure that programmes achieve their goals. State commissions on national and community service or similar entities appointed by the governor of each state have also been established to ensure that the most important regional and local priorities are met and that service activities are coordinated through each state. The programmes are locally managed and implemented and themselves consist of public private partnerships.