Birthworkers of Color Collective

This grant will empower marginalized communities in Los Angeles by diversifying and expanding the doula workforce, ensuring equitable, barrier-free support for pregnant and birthing people of color. Through training, advocacy, and Medi-Cal integration, the program addresses systemic inequities, enhances access to perinatal care, and improves maternal and infant health outcomes for Black, Indigenous, and people of Color (BIPOC) families, delivering sustainable solutions to combat the reproductive health crisis in underserved communities.

This grant will support marginalized communities by diversifying and expanding the doula workforce to ensure barrier-free access for pregnant and birthing people of color in Los Angeles. The program will address systemic barriers and offer sustainable solutions, increasing the number of doulas covered under the Medi-Cal doula benefit and improving maternal and infant health outcomes for BIPOC individuals, thereby reducing the reproductive crisis impacting communities of color.

This grant will support providing doula trainings to Black Indigenous, People of Color to increase the number of visibility and diverse support available to pregnant, birthing, & postpartum people, their families, and communities. And increase the number of doulas able to provide culturally relevant, skilled, and community centered support to Medi-Cal recipients. All with the goal of improving reproductive health & birth outcomes of people of Color, especially decreasing the overwhelming Black maternal and infant health disparities in LA.