Build a doula workforce your state can sustain.
I design and deliver custom doula training programs for state and local health departments, Title V programs, Medicaid doula initiatives, perinatal quality collaboratives, and maternal mortality review work. Trauma-informed, equity-grounded, and built to meet your state’s certification and reporting requirements.
What you are working on
You are likely facing some version of these:
- A new or expanding Medicaid doula benefit that requires state-approved training
- Title V or HRSA-funded perinatal workforce development goals
- Maternal mortality review committee recommendations that name doula access
- Birth equity targets you cannot move without trained community-based birth workers
- A perinatal quality collaborative or hospital partnership that needs aligned doula education
The training has to meet state policy, federal program rules, current evidence, and equity goals at the same time. Off-the-shelf workshops do not do that.
What I deliver
A custom training program designed for your population, your funding source, and your reporting requirements.
Curriculum design that meets your state’s certification standards. I review your state’s Medicaid doula training requirements (or your equivalent program rules) and design a curriculum that meets them end to end.
Trauma-informed, equity-grounded facilitation. Every cohort is taught with adult learning principles, structured reflection on obstetric racism and historical harm, and the kind of facilitation that holds up when the room is doing hard emotional work.
Outcomes built in. Pre and post knowledge measures, skill demonstrations, reflective practice tools, and cohort-level reporting you can include in your Title V annual report, your PQC dashboard, your program evaluation, or your federal grant deliverables.
Curriculum refresh as policy and evidence shift. State doula benefits, Medicaid rules, and federal program requirements change. I update materials between cohorts so each group is trained against current standards.
Continuing education credit eligibility where it applies. I work with your CE provider relationships or my own to make sure participants leave with documented hours.
How it fits your funding model
I design programs that fit funding sources including:
- State Medicaid doula benefit implementation
- Title V MCH block grant
- HRSA Healthy Start
- State legislative appropriations for maternal health and birth equity
- Perinatal quality collaboratives
- Hospital and health system partnerships funded through community benefit, DEI, or population health
- Foundation grants targeting maternal and child health
Whatever your funding source, the program documentation, deliverables schedule, and reporting structure are designed to fit it.
What participants leave with
A doula prepared to work in your community, certify through DONA International or a comparable pathway, and document their work in a way that supports your data needs.
- Comprehensive birth doula training that meets DONA International standards
- Trauma-informed practice grounded in current evidence
- Cultural humility and inclusive practice training
- Working knowledge of the local resources, referral pathways, and reporting requirements specific to your jurisdiction
- A clear path to certification and ongoing professional development
What you can report on
Each cohort produces documentation suitable for your funder, your evaluator, and your accreditor:
- Pre and post knowledge measures with cohort-level statistics
- Skill demonstration completion rates
- Cohort completion and certification readiness rates
- Demographic data of trained doulas if you collect it
- Reflective practice artifacts that document trauma-informed and equity-grounded skill development
- Trainer evaluation and quality-of-instruction measures
You receive a written cohort report within thirty days of delivery, formatted to fit your reporting templates.
Why work with me
I am a DONA International approved Birth Doula Trainer with a PhD in healthcare management and systems sciences, an MPH, an MSHPE, and a CPH. I have attended over 1,500 births and trained over 10,000 doulas. I bring graduate and undergraduate teaching experience, instructional design rigor, and a public health background that matches the rooms your program officers, equity leads, and grant managers actually live in.
I write clean reports. I do not need hand-holding through your procurement process. I will tell you when something is outside my scope and connect you with someone who can help.
How partnerships work
1. Project brief
You send a written intake telling me about your funding source, your population, your timeline, and what you need from a training partner. I reply within two business days with questions, a proposal outline, or both. A short Zoom only happens if both of us think it will move the project forward.
2. Custom program design
I send a written proposal with curriculum scope, delivery format, schedule, deliverables, outcome measures, and a flat or scoped fee.
3. Delivery
Live, hybrid, or fully online. Single cohort or recurring cohorts.
4. Continuation
Recurring cohorts, curriculum refresh as policy and evidence shift, or ongoing facilitation if you want it.
Ready to talk?
Tell me about your program, your population, and your timeline. I will follow up within two business days with next steps and a proposal outline.