A Personal Letter from Tom Glessner Dear Friend, For more than ten years the National Institute of Family and Life Advocates (NIFLA) has provided pregnancy help centers with the resources necessary to convert their operations into licensed medical clinics. Through The Life Choice Project (TLC) we offer your center everything you need to successfully complete this difficult process of converting to medical clinic status. Why should your center consider medical clinic conversion? Simply put, centers that convert to medical clinic status experience: 1) an increase in the total number of clients seen on an annual basis; 2) an increase in the number of abortion-minded clients seen; and 3) a dramatic increase in the percentage of clients choosing life! The offering of medical services, such as ultrasound, is particularly effective in empowering your clients to choose life. Ultrasound opens "a window to the womb" to a mother in a crisis pregnancy. Ultrasound introduces this mother to her unborn child and enables her to bond with her baby. Operating as a medical clinic allows you to combine loving care with quality professional services and build trusting relationships. When volunteers at your center join with professional medical support the net result is more decisions for life from women who might otherwise choose abortion. I hope that your center will seriously consider the benefits of The Life Choice Project. May God continue to bless your efforts. Sincerely, Thomas A. Glessner, JD President What's Included? The Life Choice Project (TLC) provides your center with all the resources needed for the successful conversion to medical clinic status. Each TLC center receives a comprehensive package of services: A NIFLA-trained Medical Clinic Consultant to guide and assist you for a full year in all the steps you need to take to successfully convert. Each clinic consultant assigned to a center is an experienced director from a center that has successfully converted to the medical clinic model. A Nurse Manager Mentor to help train your nurses in medical procedures. The Pregnancy Help Medical Clinic Conversion Manual - a step-by-step guide to the conversion process. Sample Policy and Procedure Forms for the operation of your clinic and ultrasound program. Such policies and procedure forms will satisfy federal OSHA standards. One-year membership in NIFLA. Registration for two nurses and one director at NIFLA's Institute In Limited Obstetrical Ultrasound training - a course teaching the "how-tos" and basics of limited obstetrical ultrasound. Legal Audit. Organizational Audit. On-site Training for your Board of Directors including Legal Audit review and Organizational Audit review. Infrastructure design assistance. Direct mail piece assistance to raise funds for your ultrasound machine purchase. One year subscriptions to: "Clinic Tips" - monthly newsletter. "I Don't Have to Know Everything" - monthly e-communication of leadership tips. "Know Thy Patient" - monthly e-communication with the latest tips on marketing strategies for pregnancy help medical centers. "Know Thy Donor" - monthly e-communication on understanding the new rules for fundraising for medical clinics. PDF Downloads Article: Now is the Time to Go Medical Article: Ultrasound As Abortion Block Testimonials of Medical Clinics Using TLC FAQs Click here to read the most frequently asked questions about Pro-Life Medical Clinics. Testimonials "I want to express my gratitude to my friends at NIFLA for all the time and energy expended during The Pregnancy Center's transition to a Medical Clinic. We signed up for the TLC project because I am one who doesn't want to 'reinvent the wheel.' I highly recommend TLC to prepare centers to 'go medical.'" —Karen Abbott, Executive Director The Pregnancy Center (Clinton, IA) "NIFLA is our safety net, our counselor, our mentor and our friend! I walked away from the Basic Limited Ultrasound training feeling as if 'we can do this!'" —Rita Willoughby, Executive Director Pregnancy Resource Center of SW OK (Lawton, OK) "After linking arms with NIFLA we were 'fast-tracked' into the reality of our vision — the board training, policy and procedure helps, the wonderful technical consultation, marketing ideas and more met our needs on virtually every level." —James R. Harden, President/CEO CompassCare Pregnancy Services (Rochester, NY) Request More Information To receive an information packet, please fill out the following form: Center Name Director Address E-Mail Phone Fax For more information and a price quote on The Life Choice Project (TLC) contact Craig Chase, TLC Director, at (206) 321-9580.

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