1. Was associated, from its founding in May of 2000, with an international foundation based in Kansas City, KS, the Christian Foundation for Children and Aging (CFCA). As it was organized, La Clinica cooperated with CFCA staff and volunteers who are based in Kansas City, KS, USA and San Jose, Costa Rica, and in the ten Costa Rican communities in which CFCA has been active; This is no longer true as La Clinica is not associated with CFCA as of March 1, 2009.

2. Has had a ready supply of dedicated faculty clinicians and senior-level students, mostly representing the chiropractic program of Northwestern Health Sciences University in Bloomington, MN. It is these knowledgeable, mature, and enthusiastic people who have supplied the bulk of the clinical care of the people who come to our clinics. For five years, La Clinica operated two clinic trips annually, generally in October and February. In 2006, we added a third trip, in June, to accommodate student schedules and their expanding interest. Each trip also includes two to three professional providers, chiropractors, massage therapists, and others. 

3. Has had leaders who have not compromised an ethical orientation that values continuity of care of the people who come to La Clinica for care. We favor our ethical orientation over unethical large-group and anonymous treatment. In nine years of itinerant clinics, the project has interviewed and treated over 4000 patients from ten different communities in the country. Health care records for each patient are kept in secure storage., and are pulled and transported with clinicians and equipment when La Clinica goes to the patients' towns. Patients are seen on a continuing-client basis, as their conditions require and the schedule of La Clinica permits.

Any project developed on the La Clinica model will require an understanding of the formal and informal structures of health care in an area, as well as an appreciation of the health problems and barriers to health care experienced by the target population.