As a result, over time, and with much gnashing of teeth the elephant did begin to dance and LSC, its grantees and the federally-funded legal services delivery system began to evolve from a piecemeal, Great Society experiment to carefully chosen nonprofit corporations working together to serve poor clients in every jurisdiction.
They received a lot more funding and aid for this evolution. 
mnli hypothesis: They received a lot more funding and aid for this evolution.  premise: As a result, over time, and with much gnashing of teeth the elephant did begin to dance and LSC, its grantees and the federally-funded legal services delivery system began to evolve from a piecemeal, Great Society experiment to carefully chosen nonprofit corporations working together to serve poor clients in every jurisdiction.