Grant Partners

Sacred Birthing Village - Southcoast will expand its multilingual perinatal education program in Greater New Bedford, provided by community volunteers, to individuals through their pregnancy and one year following birth.  

Neighborhood Birth Center will expand its policy capacity by having staff represent the broader birth center and provider community, including doulas, midwives, and nurse midwives. 

Birth Equity & Justice Massachusetts (BEJMA) will continue to bring the birth equity community together and be a voice on perinatal policy and advocacy, including efforts to support recent migrants in Massachusetts. 

Family Health Center of Worcester will continue its “OB Advocate” program that provides an advocate, who is trained as a doula, to a patient from pregnancy to two years following birth. 

Family Nurturing Center of Massachusetts will support newly arrived Haitian migrant families with babies and young children living in emergency shelters in Boston, connecting them to vital resources such as well-child visits, diapers, playgroups, and developmental screenings.