The many small elements of the Seinäjoki Project have been successful despite a lack of outside funding: No money was made available by the Finnish government. All of those involved emphasize that success has been a product of the way the various institutions involved complement each other, from the school to neuvola. There is no fighting over resources and nobody gets in each other's way. Critics have noted that it is impossible to isolate the effects of each individual element. But if you ask Noponen what the secret is, his answer is strictly pragmatic: "No idea. I don't know. I only know that it works," he says. "And that's what counts."
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