Community partnership and relationship building is one of the most important steps in community leadership and organizing. Partnership and allyship create strong pathways that lead to meaningful collaboration on community, social justice, and equity projects. People are the most important part of social change.
MOMCares is a community doula organization that serves under-supported mothers in Baltimore City by providing prenatal and postpartum doula care. Their mission is to reverse the crisis of Black maternal health nationwide through their life-saving services. MOMCares is collaborating on the the Medicaid Doula Project, which aims to increase doula participation in Medicaid.
The Baltimore Doula Project (BDP) is an organizations that provides doula services to pregnant and parenting individuals in the Baltimore area. BDP focuses on providing birth and postpartum services to marginalized communities. BDP is collaborating on the the Medicaid Doula Project, which aims to increase doula participation in Medicaid.
DoulaID is a grass roots project to connect doulas to sustainable jobs, underserved clients, and vital resources in Baltimore and beyond. RootsID, and open source development group, is collaborating on the DoulaID project. DoulaID will to enable doulas to more easily participate in the Maryland Medicaid Doula benefit.