Danny Combs

And I think one thing that has not helped our community, specifically in the autism world, is some of the arguments that come up from time to time.

And rather than saying, okay, you said something one way that I maybe wouldn't have said it that way, understanding the centralized point and mission and heart are at the same core at that point.

In the nonprofit world, too, unfortunately, nonprofits are so competitive and they're so siloed in their scope of work, fighting over similar grants, same kind of buckets that they don't necessarily collaborate.

When you look at for-profits, right, they can kind of cannibalize each other, merge, combine, partner.

You don't really see nonprofits doing that very much.

I think if there was more of an alignment of nonprofits working together in concert, I think that could be a really powerful force to start really kind of shifting the narrative.

Because then everybody's saying the same thing.

I would imagine that at that point, they would be more likely to listen.

Yep.

That's a great way to say it.

That's a fair point, too.

But especially when you start looking at, you know, nonprofits, a not very many make it over five years.

And then the ones that get over half a million into the, you know, making millions of dollars a year, it's even smaller pool at that point.

The other ones are definitely more collaborative because it's almost like a survival point of view at that point, too.

Yeah.

Yeah, I think when we get our own facility and get that going, I think we can make an incredible hub and opportunity.

I think as Nashville and Tennessee have been growing dramatically,

the exciting opportunity exists to make sure that, you know, there is a program that's centralized that can bring together those nonprofits, get everybody collaborating and unify around the idea that our kids deserve an opportunity to be successful and that there is a pathway forward to actually lead towards that.

Because just like we've experienced here in Colorado, just like what Tennessee is experiencing in other states too, is there isn't that real opportunity for our community.

I mean, there's a reason why,