That's a very good question.
There are lots of obstacles. I think all not-for-profits who are sitting in front of you will attest to the obstacles of funding and there are many.
The first and largest we feel is the competition for funding among not-for-profits. We are client-based, but we are expected to be cutthroats and undercut our competitors to get a contract. then go back and work within the community in partnership with the people who we've just undercut. I don't believe not-for-profits are set up in that way. I think you should make it a collaboration of not-for-profits in the very beginning and have that set forward from the very start with the call for proposals or the request for funding so that it's a collaborative approach among all not-for-profits and the government.
I also think competition arises with the current funding structure so that clients can't access services from CCRW and from another organization. They don't have the freedom to flow between programs and projects. It's very limiting for the clients at the end of the day as well.