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COY CHIROPRACTIC INSTITUTE is the original filing with the IRS. A “public” non-profit 501(C)3 organization for the advancement of the Chiropractic profession. Its charter was left broad enough that anything in the health, education and research fields pertaining to the profession can be conducted by the Institute. We can do everything - from scholarships to running a college. Research that includes chiropractic can be conducted with any other discipline. Health care can be supported through college facilities or clinical programs both private and self contained. BOARD OF DIRECTORS: Breakdown of members of the board. We plan to increase the board, for greater representation, to approximately 15 members. CCI STAFF: The administration of the Institute has been through the efforts of its Founder, First President, and current Administrator, Gerald L. Coy, D.C. Dr. Coy and his staff has maintained the Institute in good standing with the IRS and has its activities stored in his files until such time as the Institute is able to conduct itself independently. CHER FOUNDATION (CHIROPRACTIC HEALTH EDUCATION AND RESEARCH FOUNDATION): This division of the Institute was developed to establish health, educational and research programs through clinical facilities. Since most of the activities function under those three subdivisions, many of the public contacts have been through the use of the CHER Foundation organizational title. A review of all the activities under the CHER Foundation will follow. HEALTH: This subdivision conducts all activities which would render health care services to the pubic. It also works in conjunction with the other subdivisions, as well as other divisions depending on the level of involvement of the program. An example would be funds that are raised in the FINANCIAL divisions for a particular health need, i.e. Scoliosis, where those funds would be given to the Health subdivision. CHER CLINICS: Independent clinics could be revitalized and act as training areas for interns [Educational] as well as clinical data [Research] while giving the latest and best health care services to individuals. These facilities were designed to offer health care to lower income families and will thrive through contributions. HEALTH PROGRAMS: There are close to 2,000 health conditions that afflict mankind. Most of these, if not all, could be treated through the clinical facilities or through the ASSOCIATED SERVICES Division. Here we might furnish our health care services in conjunction with other health care providers. Such programs as NATURAL BREATH, a program to help children with asthma, or the SPECIAL CHILDRENS PROGRAM, which was designed for children with ADD. Each condition, each region, each age group, could be designated for funded services. CHIROPRACTORS CLINICAL PARTICIPATION: There are approximately 80,000 chiropractors in the U.S. Many offer discounted services to those who cannot afford it, have no insurance or other means of funds for these services. This profession has never been recognized for the vast amount of philanthropic work that it does by these many professionals. As a means of tracking this care, we would place all participating doctors of chiropractic under a program that would account for the services they render and give recognition and create a data bank of what has been given in the way of services to the public. INTERNSHIP/RESIDENCY PROGRAMS: As part of the educational program, interns would be utilized to render health care along with supervision of residency doctors, who might also assist in the research programs offered in the clinical facilities. There are approximately 20 chiropractic colleges, four in the State of California, where a large number of interns would be available. The CHER Institute would seek the credentials necessary to offer these educational programs in health care facilities. EDUCATION: The educational division is much broader than just the education of students. It would also take on the greater task of educational programs for the profession, as well as seeking to gain greater public awareness through all forms of media. COLLEGES: Each college has to continually strive to meet its ever mounting budget. Tuition has skyrocketed and limits the ability of the colleges to expand in the manner which would be best for the college, students and the profession. The Institute would strive to raise funds for all of the colleges and develop programs that would insure ongoing funding for many mutually beneficial programs in health care and in research. STUDENT SCHOLARSHIPS: Most students are now graduating with nearly $100,000 in debt, a handicap on these individuals when they seek to build their practices after graduation. The Institute plans to help lower the overall cost of education. If you are involved with a "targeted" organization and desire funding/grant, let us know. SEMINAR PROGRAMMING: The Institute will attempt to keep the latest in information readily available to the profession. Seminars will be conducted in ways to offer re-licensing credits to the doctors. The professional seminars will be conducted in conjunction with the colleges whenever possible. PUBLIC AWARENESS: Helping the public to be better informed of their options is critical. Creating Public Awareness, of the latest in available services, will be a major goal of CCI. Television, especially public stations, will be the venue in which public seminars will be offered. TEXTS/PUBLICATIONS: It is not that chiropractic treats one body and medicine another, but there is a different view of the same thing. Medicine has a fixation on the malfunction and disease of the body and looks at dead bodies for answers. Chiropractic looks at the function of the body, its balance and how life is maintained from the perspective of that view. This difference in perspective is what needs to be addressed in texts. For too long, we have used medical texts and tried to apply our view of what the text says. With the difference of view, new texts should be created to offer the “Chiropractic” perspective in which a greater emphasis is placed on the whole body, its balance and the effects of imbalance on its function. There needs to be more thorough understanding of the role the nervous system plays in the human body in maintaining and restoring its health. All of our finest professors would be encouraged to participate in the development of these new books. CHIROPRACTIC STUDIES: Every college has a different view of chiropractic. Differing definitions and use of different languages continue to plague our educational system. The Institute would promote a more common language based on the fundamentals of chiropractic and would seek validity where it is needed and correction where it is due, but always maintaining the distinction of that which is chiropractic in a clear and concise manner. SPECIALIZED STUDIES: One of the programs currently being discussed is the spread of chiropractic throughout the world. The Institute is involved with the development of private hospitals in China and has the opportunity to work on the training of a number of Chinese professionals on the basis of what chiropractic has to offer their country and its population. This program would be conducted through our educational system and would allow for a base to be developed in China and other Asian countries; to bring larger numbers of students to our teaching facilities. This program will be repeated internationally. RESEARCH: The backbone (no pun intended) of our educational system has to be in the research we conduct. To conduct such research requires considerable funding. To obtain the funding requires a research base that is credible. Each college has the potential of being a base for Institute research programs. These cooperative efforts will assist the Institute in obtaining the funding. The colleges may utilize these funds to meet their State and National requirements. COMPARATIVE STUDIES: In a profession that is 112 years old, material has become either outdated or is based on unproven theories. It was proposed over 20 years ago that a department of Comparative Studies be developed to evaluate all procedures in chiropractic to determine the level of accuracy. This would not be a matter of discouragement of new ideas, but would allow for these ideas to be tested, evaluated and hopefully proven. COLLEGE DEPARTMENT: The institute would be interested in working with all colleges in developing programs available through the health, educational and research divisions. Colleges would be offered special incentives in the development of areas the Institute deemed of greater importance. EQUIPMENT: Through the development of programs in the technical field, specialized equipment may be designed for specific use. It is anticipated that this equipment would be licensed for manufacturing outside the Institute structure but would allow for the Institute to benefit from its marketing. RESEARCH PAPERS: As the programs are developed and various forms of research have been conducted, the documentation of this research will be made available for publication in scientific journals. The Institute may also develop its own venue for such publication. FUNDING & FINANCES: The Financial Division will seek the financing for all other activities of the Institute. This will be the life blood of the organization and will determine to what degree there will be programs developed. Through the financial division the needs of all areas will be put forth to determine what areas might become self developing in that they warrant specific fundraising for that area, and other areas which would be bundled with multiple programs in a group effort for funding. FUNDING: Each area of the Institute will be funded through the Financial Division. Accounting will be maintained so that all funds are available when scheduled. Each area will maintain accounts and accounting for the tracking of all funding used. GRANTS: The Institute is a primary client of Grantwiters and E-Grants USA, two companies designed to obtain grant funding for the many programs created by the various divisions. It is here that we will seek our greatest level of funding; yet, the funds can well be used to create programs that will perpetuate the funding from other sources. Each of the dozens of programs will be presented to the grant writers for research into what might be available in that particular area. ENDOWMENTS: Where various individuals would like to place funds in a program that would be managed by the Institute with instructions as to where the proceeds from these funds might go to named programs. This could be for particular health programs or for specified scholarships. CANISTERS: As a matter of recognition, the old canister programs that sat on many counters still have an effective result. The maintenance of such a program may be limited to the availability of volunteer assistance. The publicity and exposure of various programs through the Institute becomes magnified by such visual appearances. INVESTMENTS: Funding that is available to be placed in accounts or other investment portfolios for future incomes will be used to increase the effectiveness of those funds. This will be managed in a manner that allows for strong growth and a secure future for the Institute and its programs. SCHOLARSHIP FUNDS: These may be made through endowments or other funds which through the decision of the board and administration need to be made available to students for varying reasons. The more that funds can be made available for such programs the less burden there is on students, the potential of a greater number of students and the benefit to the colleges. TRUSTS: Funding for various programs will be placed in trust for there future use, wither in short or long term. ACCOUNTING: There will be all accounting procedures to make sure that the funds designed for a program are available for that program. An accounting firm will be used that can handle all governmental regulations required in maintaining accurate records. TELETHON: One of the most powerful forms of fundraising will be the Telethon. This will allow for greater exposure of the profession while raising potentially vast amounts of income for multiple Institute programs. Since the Institute is in Southern California, the following programming will be considered. LOCAL TELETHON: A Los Angeles/Orange County Telethon would effect nearly a third of the State's 10,000 chiropractors. The potential income from their patient base of 2-3 million should raise a minimum of $5,000,000 with a net of nearly 80%. STATE TELETHON: The state-wide telethon in California would consist of the participation of the 10,000 chiropractors and their 5-6 million patients with a Governor who’s best friend is a Chiropractor. With strong support from the entertainment industry, the potential income from the whole state should more than double the local efforts with $10,000,000 or more in income and again being from 70-50% net. NATIONAL TELETHON: An eventual National Telethon could bring together the nearly 80,000 chiropractors, political organizations and 16 colleges to support a program they will all benefit from. Nothing would bring more attention to the profession than such a program. This would be a platform for all the famous political figures, entertainment stars, sports stars and just people of fame to show their support for the chiropractic profession. Such a program could well raise as much as $100,000,000 to assist in the growth and development of the profession. ASSOCIATED SERVICES: All of the other professional areas that could and would chose to work with the chiropractic profession are within this arena. This could reach into all other professions, including medicine, for the purpose of conducting combined health services as well as research programs. COOPERATIVE SERVICES: Various professional institutions will be approached to either use their facility or to join in treatment programs in the Institute facilities as a means of addressing various health and research programs. MEDICAL PROGRAMS: There are conditions that often require emergency medical attention but may well be served by natural approaches at the same time or as follow-up care. This may include orthopedic surgical procedures necessary due to massive degeneration or injury beyond the scope of care of chiropractic. Yet, once healing is completed, such structural balancing and alignment may well serve to increase the level of recovery. ACUPUNCTURE: In areas where such services might be beneficial in a joint effort in increasing the healing response, or the ability to treat a patient under chiropractic care where such treatment might be too painful or unresponsive, these adjunctive services will be evaluated to improve the conditions of those participating. THERAPIES: Various forms of therapy will be evaluated for use in conjunction with the corrective procedures implemented in chiropractic care. Massage therapy and all of its form will be evaluated to find that which seems to create the best level of response. Acupressure, reflexology and many other forms of therapeutic services will also be evaluated. This may also include all of the current physical therapy approaches used to assist in patient care. REHABILITATION: The objective of chiropractic is to achieve the greatest level of balance within the structure of the body, bringing it to a “minimum energy state” or optimum balance. All aspects of the physical sciences that can help achieve that will be utilized with consideration of the individual needs and requirements of each body. NUTRITION: The fuel necessary for good health will be reviewed in conjunction with the latest in nutritional sciences to be implemented in the care of the patients. This may include aspects of vitamin therapy, herbal therapy and other forms of nutrition. Since the field varies with wide ranges of theories and stated results, the Institute hopes to associate with the most accurate of these and those who show the greatest level of integrity and clinical results. 4LIFE® RESEARCH: This company maintains a high standard of nutritional products but also has within its products a compound called Transfer Factor, an immune boosting element designed to assist the body in responding to its environment. The company program has been placed in a financial position to benefit the Institute through the use of those who affiliate through the Institute. This program has been brought to the attention of health services in China where it is now under consideration. CLINICAL STUDIES: Any nutritional program that will add to the health and welfare of the patients will be considered. Since the chiropractic care is primarily involved in structure, this area of studies and research with nutritional assistance becomes of greater importance. CHIROPRACTORS NUTRITIONAL PARTICIPATION: A large percentage of the chiropractic profession has some involvement in nutritional treatment for their patients. These professionals may well participate with the Institute through the division as well as participate in the 4LIFE® Research program that will benefit the financial base for the profession. * back to top * * * *
THIS IS AN INITIAL OUTLINE OF THE VARIOUS ASPECTS OF THE INSTITUTE. IT IS BY NO MEANS THE FINAL STRUCTURE.
Coy Chiropractic Institute & CHER Foundation
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