support during pregnancy


​general

For food assistance, help paying bills, and other free or reduced cost programs, check out the FindHelp website linked below.


​INFORMATION ABOUT COVID-19 & PREGNANCY, BIRTH, AND POSTPARTUM​

Evidence Based Birth is regularly updating their website (linked by the button below) with the latest information and research about how covid-19 affects birthing and postpartum people, and how you can use that information to ensure you're receiving the best care possible.

baby clothes

Roots of Labor Birth Collective has its own collection of good quality baby hand-me-downs that are available to be gifted to you. Contact us if you're interested.

mental health support

The Boris L. Henson Foundation (BLHF) recognizes that during this difficult time, affording the cost of mental health services can be a barrier in BIPOC communities.  Individuals with life-changing stressors and anxiety related to COVID-19 will have the cost for individual sessions defrayed on a first come, first serve basis.
The East Bay Medication Center has filled their calendar with rejuvenating offerings at a sliding-scale.
Local birthworker Sumayyah Monéti of Sumi's Touch is offering a weekly online meditation and movement practice at a sliding scale.

support for birthworkers

funds for BIPOC birthworkers

UCSF is offering one-time small grants to Black, Indigenous, and people of color birthorkers (e.g. lactation support persons, doulas, and midwives, etc.), public health programs and community-based organizations providing perinatal services and support to BIPOC communities during the COVID-19 pandemic.

funds for queer birthworkers

The Queer Birth Project has set up a microgrant fund to ease financial hardship due to COVID-19. If you're a Queer birthworker experiencing an inability to work, money shortfalls, or unexpected bills due to the pandemic, click the button below to apply.

Small Business Grants

Here are a few other ways you can apply for small business grants and/or loans:

other covid-19 resources

​financial support for east bay artists

The Kenneth Rainin Foundation, working with the City of Oakland as well as a host of partner funds, foundations, and individuals, will make grants directly to artists, teaching artists, culture bearers, and nonprofit arts workers from historically underserved communities who are especially financially vulnerable due to the economic crisis created by the COVID-19 pandemic.

​Understanding covid-19 through an intersectional lens

The group Black Women Radicals has put together a reading/listening/watching list of resources to learn more about the impact of COVID-19 through an intersectional feminist lens.
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