the first step.

so i had my first meeting this morning. i met with the board president of TACSAP (texas association concerned with school age parenthood), who works full time for the attorney general of texas in the office of family initiatives. there are currently no paid staff at tacsap, which has the same mission and vision of the non-profit i would like to start....which creates a bit of an issue. he asked me to consider becoming a board member at their annual conference, which is in november. i will more than likely attend the conference at least to gain texas-specific information and make contacts. he also directed me to a couple of other people involved in teen pregnancy prevention work in austin. i decided that i'm in the information-gathering stage since the non-profit i want to create already exists but is pretty much inactive. the only thing they currently do is host annual conferences....which limits their ability to succeed and be effective. he also informed me of an organization that gives individuals grant money for projects, and he thought i might qualify for the grant money if i choose to research and create a few publications to be used by tacsap. i think things may not turn out like i expected but at least i'll pursuing my passions.....