Service Provision Communities are willing and able to implement programming that is innovative in the local area. For most communities, however, implementing innovative programming has both beneficial and detrimental effects. Most new approaches offer the opportunity to fill a previously unmet need or gap in service but provide no formulaic approach to success for communities to follow. In most cases, service providers experience learning curves and have to find creative ways to redress unanticipated difficulties, many of which are logistical. Staff turnover in leadership and other key positions can seriously hinder program implementation and stability.
Turnover affects program continuity and disrupts institutional memory.
Staff may need to reestablish linkages and, in some cases, restart programs that lapsed during periods of staff change. Recruiting mentors and other volunteers is particularly challenging in low-income areas. Transportation and poverty issues affect programs ability to attract and fully utilize volunteers. Recruiting mentors is also more challenging for programs that serve youth already involved in the juvenile justice system or youth who may be perceived as high risk by potential mentors. Hidden resource requirements can pose challenges to program implementation.