Choose Life License Plate Grant Program

Choose Life License Plate Grant Program

Funder: Louisiana Right to Life (manages program funded through Louisiana license plate sales)

Program Overview: For each Choose Life license plate issued by the state of Louisiana, $25 goes to qualifying agencies working with mothers considering adoption for their unborn children.

Geographic Scope: Louisiana statewide

Total Funding History: Over $450,000 distributed since inception in 1999

Eligible Organizations

• Pro-life pregnancy centers
• Adoption agencies
• Family organizations

Use of Funds Requirements

• 50% minimum must be used for material needs of expectant mothers considering adoption, including:
- Clothing - Housing - Medical care - Food - Utilities - Transportation
• Remaining funds may be used for:
- Counseling - Training - Pregnancy testing

Recent Award Recipients (2018)

21 agencies received grants totaling $36,750:
• A Pregnancy Center and Clinic, Lafayette
• Access Pregnancy and Referral Centers, Metairie
• Acorn Adoption Agency, Mandeville
• Beacon House Adoption Services, Baton Rouge
• Care Pregnancy Center, Shreveport
• Caring to Love Ministries, Baton Rouge
• Catholic Charities, Diocese of Baton Rouge
• Cenla Pregnancy Center, Alexandria
• Community Center for Life, Gretna
• Crisis Pregnancy Help Center of Slidell, Slidell
• Crossroads Pregnancy Resource Center, Thibodaux
• Family Life Federation – Pregnancy Problem Center, Baton Rouge
• Heart of Hope – A Sanctuary for Women, Keithville
• Hope Restored Pregnancy Resource Center, Bourg
• New Life Crisis Pregnancy Center, Leesville
• Restoration House Pregnancy Resource Center, Hammond
• The Women's Center of Lafayette, Lafayette
• The Women's Help Center, Baton Rouge
• Volunteers of America of North Louisiana, Shreveport
• Woman's New Life Center, New Orleans
• Women's Resource Center, Natchitoches

Program History

• Inception: 1999
• 2002: Legal challenges delayed launch
• 2003-2006: Federal court halted specialty plate sales
• 2006: Louisiana DMV began selling specialty plates again
• 2008: First grants awarded ($20,000 among 10 agencies)