anybody can use. >> reporter: they also have stayed in close touch with human services director beverly johnson. >> i assume with whatever is developed, someone who says, "i'm the keeper of the data." >> reporter: johnson says she is excited about how the project is developing, but she has one big question. >> if we invest in the time and energy to form this really we come up with something that's beautiful and simple and easy to use, but a year from now they go away, and we don't have the resources to make it really a reality for our organization, have we done anything other than sort of create an expectation? >> i think this is an opportunity to help, but i don't see it as any kind of a magic pill. >> reporter: judy nadler is the former mayor of santa clara, california and now teaches at santa clara university. when she was at city hall, she found it was tough for government to actually implement new programs imposed from the outside. >> having great ideas is wonderful, but how can you pay for it and how can you sustain that? it takes people and resources and government is short right now on