We have vital partners and funders

Every Mother Counts (EMC) has been providing general operating support grants to contribute to Accompany’s efforts to address inequities in pregnancy and childbirth by providing culturally concordant doula support. In addition to grant support, we work to uplift their successful model of training and integrating community-based doulas into the health care system. Accompany and EMC collaborate as thought leaders around issues related to equitable reimbursement of doula support and engage in advocacy efforts at the local, state, and national level that seek to address barriers to community-based doula models becoming a standard of care.

Steward Health Care Network has partnered with Accompany Doula Care since 2019 to provide high quality community-based doula care to Steward Health Choice MassHealth ACO birthing families as part of Steward’s Healthy Beginnings Program.

In 2020, through the BRIDGE Promising Partnership program, CCHERS had the privilege to support Accompany Doula Care’s outstanding research project, Supporting the Birth Experience that Experience Deserves, led by Christina Gebel, Dr. Elysia Larson, and Caroline Ezekwesili. This research was a collaborative work involving doulas and community members, aiming to understand the community’s preferences surrounding doula care and reduce the disparities in maternal health outcomes and patient experience through doulas. Throughout the project period, CCHERS also worked closely with Mrs. Gebel and Dr. Larson in developing a research ethics training toolkit and webinars for community members.

Accompany Doula Care was the community partner on an Interdisciplinary Research Leaders team from 2020-2023. Interdisciplinary Research Leaders is a leadership program supported by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. The study explored how the growing awareness of the maternal mortality crisis influences Black women’s perceptions of their risk for maternal mortality, maternal care choices, and sense of empowerment. For more information, please visit the MOTHER Lab at Tufts Univerisity.

The Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts Foundation was a proud supporter of Accompany Doula Care through its Special Initiatives grant program.

March of Dimes was thrilled to be able to award Accompany Doula Care a grant. March of Dimes supports the availability of doula care services during the prenatal, childbirth, and postpartum periods, in accordance with the needs and wishes of the mother. March of Dimes also recognizes the importance of increased training, support and capacity development for doulas, including doulas from racially, ethnically, socioeconomically and culturally diverse communities.

Accompany Doula Care received a grant from The Saint Cecilia Nonprofit Partnership Committee. This internal committee of parishoners was formed to provide a process to give back to the Boston community with intentionality. Saint Cecilia Parish formed direct partnerships with eight local organizations.

Accompany Doula Care partnered with Tufts Health Plan, a Point32Health company, to provide community doula support to its members, including prenatal/postpartum visits and continuous labor support.