Neutrality of AHECs with their constituents. AHEC boundaries present challenges for program implementation. Each AHEC does not have technological expertise on board to help guide decisions. In addition, across the system there is a wide variation of even baseline knowledge of the use and value of technology. Many others in and outside the state could follow.
System has a disciplinary structure which is trying to fit an interdisciplinary model of planning.
Do not have a clear grasp of who the competition will be in the arena of technology programming. Do not know their capacity to handle our needs in the future. Do not have grant writing teams that can aggressively go after system-side grants. Coalition building is becoming a necessity in our work of scarce resources. Grant funding is favorable to plans which can reach more NC constituents in rural area.