The Birthing Place Foundation (TBPF) empowers and engages communities through outreach, advocacy and access to culturally responsive reproductive care, meeting unmet healthcare needs and expanding birthing options in New York City and across New York State.
Engage
Empower
We offer prenatal education in English, Spanish and French; mentor the next generation of BIPOC doulas; support families with bi-lingual lactation and parenting groups; and train young people to become peer educators and lay the groundwork for healthy relationships and reproductive lives.
Advocate
We are committed to increasing access to free-standing birth centers, especially in communities of color, as an evidence-based alternative for low-risk pregnancies that improve health outcomes for birthing people and their newborns.
Incubate
We are nurturing a network of reproductive clinics and birthing centers that will provide collaborative care and be led by BIPOC midwives and supported by ob/gyns and doulas and in partnership with local hospitals.
Our Programs
Conscious Birth Collective: Doula Mentorship Program
This initiative empowers BIPOC doulas, fostering a more inclusive and supportive birth community. By collaborating with doula collectives, we combine dynamic workshops, personalized mentorship and community connection to grow valuable experience, expand professional networks and join a movement to transform the birth landscape.
Womb Bus
A mobile wellness hub in which we travel to communities throughout the Bronx. Our outreach programs include health and STI screenings, perinatal health resources, and youth sexual health education outreach programming.
Familia Flourish: Breastfeeding and Beyond
We provide comprehensive support for new parents, offering prenatal education and postpartum guidance for thriving breastfeeding journeys and mental wellness. Through a partnership with Doulas en Español, Familia Flourish offers postpartum lactation visits that include mental health screenings, connecting clients with specialized services as needed and promoting holistic well-being.
Maryam Reproductive Health + Wellness
A clinic with a dedicated community space located in The Bronx, NY focused on access to comprehensive and culturally responsive reproductive health services. We host community programs and amplify Maryam’s clinical care by offering educational workshops, providing essential resources, and guiding individuals in underserved and marginalized neighborhoods.
Youth UpLifting Optimal Health (YULOH)
We educate and inspire young people to prioritize their health and wellbeing, setting them up for a brighter future. Reproductive health education equips them to become reliable, responsible sources of information and resources for their peers throughout the Bronx.
Mobilize Maternal Health Coalition
Mobilize Maternal Health Coalition is a group of reproductive justice organizations, public figures, and birth justice advocates are embarking on a campaign to address New York’s urgent maternal healthcare needs. The coalition works together to raise awareness and action in order to materialize the maternal health policy priorities they seek to implement.
About Us
Our Mission
Our mission is to expand access to culturally responsive health care, perinatal programs, family wellness support, and community engagement in order to improve maternal and infant health outcomes in underserved communities.Our Vision
The Birthing Place Foundation (TBPF) will engage, inform, empower, and care for reproductive and sexual health and wellness. By nurturing community relationships, leveraging mobile wellness hubs (Womb Buses) and incubating free-standing reproductive health clinics and birth centers, TBPF will model how evidence-based strategies for culturally responsive care and community empowerment transform maternal and infant health outcomes.Our History
Founded in 2020 in response to the maternal healthcare crisis for BIPOC families in New York City, The Birthing Place (TBP) has worked steadily to empower those starting families while providing culturally responsive care through multilingual perinatal classes, our mobile wellness hub (Womb Bus) and brick and mortar clinic (Maryam Reproductive Health & Wellness), with access to an OB/GYN and midwives as well as mental health care and wellness modalities. In all of our work, we center the whole person within their community. Next, we will establish The Birthing Place itself, a free-standing birthing center in the Bronx. The Birthing Place Foundation (TBPF) is a 501(c)3 that builds on The Birthing Place’s mission by engaging in community outreach, empowerment, and advocacy.Impact Partners
