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== Challenges of community-based program design ==

Some challenges of community-based program design is the limited availability of resources, propensity for high levels of staff turnover, the reliance upon unpaid volunteers, participant retention, and the evaluation of a dynamic task environment.<ref>O’Neil, M. E., Fragala-Pinkham, M., Ideishi, R. I., & Ideishi, S. K. (2012) Community-based programs for children and youth: Our experiences in design, implementation, and evaluation. Physical & Occupational Therapy In Pediatrics. 32(2): 111-119.</ref> For the same reasons that sustainability is an advantage of this approach, utilizing limited available resources is a challenge. Based on [[free market]] principals and resource scarcity, programs often operate below [[pareto efficiency]]. <ref>Lewis, M. A., & Widerquist, K. (2002). Economics for Social Workers: The application of economic theory to social policy and the human services. Columbia University Press. New York, NY</ref> Limited resources result in high levels of staff turnover and the reliance upon unpaid volunteers. Also associated with low availability of limited resources is low levels of participant retention.

Staff turnover - relying on volunteers - limited number of “sessions”

Diversity - Evaluating a diverse group - participant retention

limited resources - writing and securing financial resources, and grants to support the program -

program sustainability

== See also ==