When systems are rigid, fragmented, or unable to retain knowledge, communities face repeated setbacks as inflexible funding, data silos, and staff turnover erase lessons learned and stall progress.
View the details on what communities have shared with SLECC from across the state.
Staff turnover and short grant cycles erase institutional memory. Lessons learned disappear, past engagement findings are lost, and communities are repeatedly asked to re-explain their needs from scratch as new staff inherit processes without context or continuity.
Fragmented interagency coordination means policy changes and program requirements are implemented in silos without consulting affected communities, creating duplicative burdens and repeated cycles of communities navigating the same disconnects across agencies.
Rigid state processes and funding structures limit flexibility and hinder community-centered solutions. Bureaucratic timelines, inflexible reporting requirements, and grants locked into pre-set deliverables leave little room to respond to real-world changes—such as cost spikes or staff turnover—constraining adaptive, community-driven work.
SLECC stakeholders have brainstormed the following solution opportunities that can be taken by local leaders. Existing examples of progress or pathways to make further progress are highlighted if known.
SLECC stakeholders have brainstormed the following solution opportunities that can be taken by state leaders. Existing examples of progress or pathways to make further progress are highlighted if known.
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