The consequences of ineffective service delivery today will place even greater and more complex demands on the courts and service delivery systems in the future. Creating bridges to services directly from the court now will result in long-term benefits for all individuals who work in or are affected by the court system.

Although the theoretical and philosophical debate about the proper role of the court in service coordination should and does continue to be debated in scholarly articles, it should not overshadow efforts to look for areas of agreement on service coordination issues at the local jurisdictional level. This is essentially the approach taken by the initiators of problem-solving courts. By bringing together a variety of stakeholders to discuss common problems, alternative approaches for addressing the problems are conceived. Jurisdictions can determine what aspects of the problem-solving approach they agree on and what principles and methods they can adapt to make their current service coordination efforts more effective.