CNMF amplifies and supports CNMs and other professional/community-based organizations by following their lead with regards to the issues facing their communities. Below are recent toolkits and resource guides created by organizations targeting issues within maternity care with a health equity and advocacy lens:
CA Health care policies
- SB1237 The Justice & Equity in Maternity Care Act (CNMA)
- The Road to Black Birth Justice in CA (CA Preterm Birth Initiative)
- The Institute for Medicaid Innovation’s (IMI)
Childbirth options
- Choices in Childbirth (Every Mother Counts)
- Listening to Mothers in CA (California Health Care Foundation)
- My Birth Matters (California Maternal Quality Care Collaborative)
Midwifery & Maternity Care
- Improving Our Maternity Care Now Through Community Birth Settings (National Partnership)
- Transform Maternity Care (Purchaser Business Group on Health)
PRegnancy
- Intro Maternal Health & Health Equity Advocacy toolkit (Every Mother Counts)
- Pregnancy and Substance Use: A Harm-Reduction Toolkit (National Harm Reduction Coalition)
- The California Future of Abortion Council Policy Recommendations (FAB Council)