The mission of the California Nurse-Midwives Foundation is to improve maternal health in California and reduce disparities in outcomes by working to ensure that all women and individuals have access to the midwifery model of care powered by a diverse midwifery workforce. We honor and support our mission through advocacy work, policy-making and legislative efforts.
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:
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)
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)
