Job prospects

I'd really like to be able to stay on at Philadelphia Legal Assistance on a permanent basis. I spoke very briefly with our executive director this afternoon, who told me that they're applying for funding from the Department of Justice to staff a family law attorney to focus on serving immigrant clients. That's right up my alley, considering my language and cultural background, as well as my travel experience, and ability to build rapport quickly with people of various cultures. The problem, though, is that the funding may not be available until the end of the year. And we're only in January now. The executive director told me that I should reach out to a particular private attorney, who she's friends with and who I happen to know, to discuss the possibility of getting together for lunch, with the ostensible purpose of talking about going in with him, at least on a temporary basis. My initial reaction is one of disappointment, because I'd like to stay on here at PLA. But I'm gonna have to sit down to talk more in detail about these possibilities with our executive director. And then I'll just have to take it from there. I don't like the idea of once again leaving a position after just a few months, but if I have no choice in the matter, then what else can I do?