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About
Gift of Life
 In 1988, in the face of an alarming infant mortality rate, Central
Alabama's community leaders, healthcare professionals, and concerned
citizens formed a public and private sector partnership called Gift of Life.
The Gift of Life Foundation has lived up to its name by providing an efficient
and caring system of perinatal services, education,
tracking, and care coordination for pregnant women and their
babies--regardless of their ability to pay.
 Services
include: prenatal care, delivery,
postpartum care, nutrition counseling, child health services, maternal
health education, and school abstinence education.
CTF Personalized Car Tags
 A
Children's Trust Fund Specialty Car Tag is available for purchase at
your local Probate Office. It's tax deductible and proceeds directly
fund community-based prevention programs like Gift of Life's
Nurse-Family Partnership Program. |
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Announcements |
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Fall/Winter 2011 Newsletter (pdf) |
2010 Infant Mortality Rate
The Alabama Department of Public Health recently released the 2010 infant
mortality rates. Below are figures for each county in the three Gift of Life
Maternity Care Program districts. |
NFP Receives Grant
We are pleased to announce that Gift of Life Nurse Family Partnership has
been named one of several recipients to receive the Project AKA grant. NFP
was awarded a $500 grant through the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. Beta
Nu Omega Chapter. |
Childbirth/Parenting Classes
Gift of Life offers adult and
teen classes at no cost to any Maternity Care Program enrollee living in
Montgomery and the surrounding areas. |
Why the Last Weeks of
Pregnancy Count
In recent years, more women are asking to schedule their vaginal deliveries
(induction) or Cesarean sections before 39 completed weeks of pregnancy.
(These are called elective deliveries.) A baby reaches full term at 40
weeks. Giving birth before a baby reaches full term can be harmful to you
and your baby. |
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