Community Trainings

Training Opportunities Provided by  Perinatal Health Equity Initiative

for Black and BIPOC birth workers, families, aspiring Doulas, and peer support professionals

Participants in PHEI training can access professional education and doula training, consumer education materials, community grants to strengthen local programs, technical assistance, and support with marketing and evaluation.

The Perinatal Health Equity Initiative is a proud recipient of the March of Dimes/ CVS doula Equitable Access to Doula Care Project. As part of this initiative, we have been funded to provide community based doula training to 15 aspiring doulas. The training fee will be covered through a full scholarship awarded by our grant for selected applicants.  As part of the grant we are required to partner with a hospital to increase doula access at the bedside.  Newark Beth Israel Hospital in Newark is our training partner. 

Through this initiative, participants will receive professional education and doula training, consumer education resources, community grants to strengthen local infrastructure, technical assistance, and support with marketing and evaluation. Successful applicants will participate in a cohort model that includes a blend of education and capacity building opportunities offered from the March of Dimes and training offered through PHEI.

Each applicant will be supported through the medicaid credentialing process to become a medicaid provider and will receive a  paid mentorship subscription through National Black Doulas Association amethyst level agency membership,

Once trained, participants will have to complete the required objectives for certification. The pathway to certification will take approximately three months to complete and includes the following which include:

  • attend 3 births

Successful candidates will be offered 1099 employment opportunities with PHEI or a pathway to entrepreneurship.

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