"It is troubling to know that some communities are living in poverty leaving children in precarious conditions and others would use Jordan's Principle to access services a thousand miles away from the normative standard."
Gee guys, maybe this happens because you gated the funding by requiring people to apply for it?
Surprise surprise, the people who have the bandwidth to manage applications for funding are the ones who already have more resources.
But nah the problem is just that you didn't means test hard enough, that's definitely it.