While acknowledging that building the new program from the ground up has been slow going, Dudovitz expects to serve up to 30 percent more clients in the San Gabriel-Pomona Valley than his predecessors.
Dudovitz is refusing to acknowledge that the process of creating the new program is slow. 
mnli hypothesis: Dudovitz is refusing to acknowledge that the process of creating the new program is slow.  premise: While acknowledging that building the new program from the ground up has been slow going, Dudovitz expects to serve up to 30 percent more clients in the San Gabriel-Pomona Valley than his predecessors.