Do you want to help Black Women in Miami-Dade receive higher quality maternity care?

The MOMCHA (Making Optimal Maternal and Child Health Accessible) Program, funded by the Florida Department of Health, needs providers just like you to improve the quality and coordination of maternity care for Black women in Miami-Dade County by increasing access to doula services.

A doula is a trained, non-clinical, professional who provides continuous physical, emotional, and informational support to a pregnant person and their partners before, during, and after childbirth
-DONA International

We are looking to partner with Federally Qualified Health Centers in Miami-Dade County to implement a new referral system for expecting families to be connected to doula services before, during, or after birth.

The Unite Us digital platform addresses social determinants of health by linking people to needed services in their community, which include stable and affordable housing; maternal, infant, and child health services; healthy food; mental health counseling; and chronic disease management programs.

Criteria

Completion of MOMCHA Program: “What Do Doulas Do” professional development curriculum

Federally Qualified Health Center in Miami-Dade County

Completion of Unite Us referral platform training

Directly refer your patients to to a doula on the Unite Us platform

Studies suggest that doula care can make labor and delivery safer for pregnant people and their babies. Benefits of doula care include:

Fewer c-sections (cesarean sections)

Less anxiety and depression for pregnant people

Less pain-relief medication during labor

Shorter time in labor

Fewer negative childbirth experiences

Better communication between pregnant people and their health care providers

Lower healthcare costs

ONE

SCHEDULE A FOLLOW-UP MEETING:

Let’s discuss action items and progress on the items listed below. Please send any times available for your OB/Pediatrician/Administration AND designated point of contact to join us as well.

OR

TWO

SIGN THE MOU

A Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) is required between the MOMCHA Program & FQHC to demonstrate the organizations have consulted and coordinated the responsibilities of their grant activities.

THREE

SEND ANY ADDITIONAL PAPERWORK/PERMISSIONS/DISCLOSURES

The MOMCHA program requests any paperwork required from an FQHC to accomplish the MOU and the program successfully. Whatever documentation that needs to be completed on our end, we will personally handle.

Email directly to momcha@metromommyagency.com and copy metromommyagency@gmail.com

FOUR

COMPLETE FQHC BASELINE SURVEY:

FQHC OB providers to provide baseline data on their doula awareness and usage. It is imperative we measure the impact of our program.

FIVE

Begin to give your providers access to our free "What Do Doulas Do" training

It is self-paced on our easy to access training platform

SIX

GET PROVIDERS TRAINED

GET PROVIDERS TRAINED ON UNITEUS PLATFORM PLATFORM TO REFER PEOPLE OF CHILDBEARING AGE TO DOULA SERVICES TO IMPROVE BIRTH OUTCOMES AND REDUCE MATERNAL AND INFANT DEATH AND MORBIDITY!