Programs + Services

The Birth and Parent Companion Program has been providing exceptional support to women who are pregnant and newly parenting since the early 1990s.

Trained volunteers provide information, advocacy, resources and companionship to women-in-need through pregnancy, birth, and in early parenting. Birth Companions can help expectant mothers to prepare for the birth of their baby, and gain the resources they will need to ensure baby is well cared for, nourished and has the required supplies. Birth Companions may also provide or connect expectant mothers with prenatal education and breastfeeding support. Above all, Birth Companions provide unwavering support to women in the most transformative period in their lives.

This service is offered at no charge to vulnerable women in our community.

As a result, women supported by Birth Companions have felt more supported emotionally, more prepared for the birth of their baby, and have experienced fewer interventions and complications in childbirth than the regional average. Studies show that this kind of support offered from the prenatal period reduces negative out comes for mother and baby in the short and long term in areas of emotional and mental well-being, bonding and attachment, and physical health.

Please contact us for more information or to become a volunteer.