Quite often' especially in times of shrinking budgets, agency survival is a foremost concern. So the processes of planning are likely to be tilted to favor the perpetuation and expansion of the services provided by those doing the planning. Alternative solutions that might shift the responsibility and the money away from the collaborating agencies are rarely considered. Residents of distressed neighborhoods have seen it all before. Often, very little.
Nobody likes to be conned.
The planning deadlines and implementation schedules are unrealistic. The planners rush to slap something together to meet a deadline. Time lines for implementation and evaluation are predetermined. While such schedules may make sense for the production of tires and light bulbs, mechanistic procedures are incompatible with the dynamic characteristics of individual and social life and the processes involved in making changes. Those who control the funds want to see results delivered and evaluated quickly to justify their investments in a new initiative.