Dear Friends of New Life Institute:

As a line from the old song goes: “Summer time and the living is easy.” It is also a time when New Life Institute is running short of funds to help our many clients (about 50% of those seen) who lack insurance and have limited money to pay for counseling. New Life Institute is proud that we are accomplishing our mission to provide counseling services to individuals, couples, and groups without regard of ability to pay, and also serves as a training facility for a new generation of mental health professionals.

Across this nation there is a focus on health care and a growing appreciation of the need for better mental health care. The purpose of this letter is to summarize our accomplishments over the past year, to outline our exciting plans for the coming year, and to request your generous support.

Through July 1st of this year we provided 2550 therapy sessions. That is a 76% increase over last year. The more exciting news is that we are treating many more people who pay out of pocket on an income-based sliding fee scale. Often the payment is minimal. We will not be able to sustain our Read More