#SaferBirthinBama
Our Programs
North Alabama Doula Initiative
While this program is in development it's intention is to provide funding for doulas that serve mothers facing financial hardship with partial or total payment for doula services. Doula services have been shown to reduce the rate of preterm birth.
Silver Screenings 2016-present
Safer Birth in Bama owns the screening rights to several educational films related to increasing access to evidence based care and integrating care providers from Certified and Licensed Midwives to Physicians.
Titles Include:
The Mama Sherpas
Miss Margaret
Why Not Home?
Library Project 2020-present
Safer Birth in Bama has purchased or been donated 67 copies of the following DVDS and mailed them to one library per county as a resource for those interested in learning more about evidence based birth options and the benefits of natural childbirth. We hope to expand this education initiative in 2023
Titles Include:
The Mama Sherpas
Miss Margaret
Why Not Home?
Rural Access to Care Grant Initiatives
Hannah Ellis Grant for Midwifery
In Development
North Alabama Doula Initiative in Development
Baobab Birth Collective Partnership 2019
We have partnered with the wonderful ladies at Baobab birth collective to increase and reflect diversity among our organization as well as to help increase access to Doulas and Birth workers of color through grants that will allow them to offer scholarships to specifically address the disparities in healthcare that relate to a lack of support and equity in care for women of color.
Shoals Doula Grant 2019
Shoals Doula Group 's Katie Terry of Florence Alabama approached us with a request for a grant of $1800 to provide doula trainings for women of color. The Shoals Doula Group reports that there are no Doula's of color currently serving women in the Shoals area. We appreciate the Shoals Doula Group and their commitment to increasing diversity among birth professionals in their area.