Placenta
Research studies supporting placenta encapsulation
Lotus Birth
Los Angeles resources for families looking for pro-bono doula and other support:
Joy in Birthing Foundation
Organization that provides resources for families in need, including free and low-cost classes and referral services for pro-bono companions/doulas. Some resources are offered in Spanish.
Vista Del Mar
Organization that offers an early head start program to parents and children up to three years old. Several services offered from counseling, play therapy for children to teen parenting support. Vista del mar also offer resources around adoption, foster care and even birth birth parent counseling .Resources offered in Spanish.
Partnership for families
Program funding that funds several organizations providing resources for families and children around on mental health, family counseling, in-home counseling, program for children with developmental disabilities, child welfare, housing, transportation & food services, early childhood assessment, intervention and treatment, foster care and more. The organizations are:
Housing organizations that take in pregnant people and their children
*it is easier to find housing as a pregnant person than with an infant*
The Harvest home
Christian organization in Venice
CLARE Foundation Residential Program
Work with people recovering from substance abuse and offers housing and sober living. The 'women with children sober living' allows parent to bring their children with them.
Upward Bound House
Organization that provides housing and services to homeless families with children under the age of 18. Shelter provides temporary housing for 3-6 months, some of the services offered are permanent housing search & placement, parenting classes, food & clothing, school enrollment, financial literacy and more.
Organizations that offer counseling and/or practical support for abortion clients
ACCESS Women’s Health Justice (based in Bay Area)
www.accesswhj.org
Backline (they provide support for people adopting, having an abortion and parenting)
www.yourbackline.org
The National Network of Abortion Funds
www.fundabortionnow.org
Grassroots Collectives, Groups and Organizations that offer resources and Abortion Companionship/Support (some of them might offer loss, miscarriage and birth support)
Some of the following Full Spectrum and Abortion Support groups might be inactive or taking a break, send them an email and see what they are up to. If you would like to start a group in your city, YOU CAN DO IT!
Full-Spectrum Reproductive Support Network (many of the active Full Spectrum and Abortion Companionship/Doula collectives are part of this network)
www.reproductivesupport.org
California, Bay Area: The Bay Area Doula Project (they offer Abortion companionships/doula trainings, get at them if you want to start your collective!)
http://bayareadoulaproject.org/
California, Los Angeles: Autonomous Communities for Reproductive and Abortion Support (ACRAS) Servicios en español.
https://www.facebook.com/acrascollective
Connecticut, Wesleyan University: The Wesleyan Doula Project
http://wesleying.org/2013/10/23/wesleyan-doula-project-fall-training-info-session/
Illinois, Chicago: The Chicago Doula Circle
http://chicagodoulacircle.org/main/
Massachusetts, Boston: The Boston Doula Project
https://www.facebook.com/BostonDoulaProject/info
Minnesota, The Spiral Collective
http://spiralcollective.weebly.com/meetingstrainings.html
New York, New York: The Doula Project
http://www.doulaproject.org/
North Carolina, Asheville Open Umbrella Collective
http://openumbrellacollective.org/
North Carolina, Piedmont Triad Spectrum Doula Collective
https://www.facebook.com/spectrumdoulas
Portland, Oregon Cascade Abortion Support Collective
http://www.cascadesabortionsupport.org/
Texas Abortion Access (Español e Ingles)
http://www.texasabortionaccess.info/
Texas, The Cicada Collective (they offer Abortion companionships/doula trainings, get at them if you want to start your collective!)
http://cicadacollective.wordpress.com/
Texas, Austin Tre Bridge Collective
http://www.thebridgecollective.org/
Washington, Seattle. Full Spectrum Doulas
http://www.fullspectrumdoulas.org/
Washington, DC, Doulas for Choice Collective
http://dcdoulasforchoice.wordpress.com/
Research studies supporting placenta encapsulation
Lotus Birth
Los Angeles resources for families looking for pro-bono doula and other support:
Joy in Birthing Foundation
Organization that provides resources for families in need, including free and low-cost classes and referral services for pro-bono companions/doulas. Some resources are offered in Spanish.
Vista Del Mar
Organization that offers an early head start program to parents and children up to three years old. Several services offered from counseling, play therapy for children to teen parenting support. Vista del mar also offer resources around adoption, foster care and even birth birth parent counseling .Resources offered in Spanish.
Partnership for families
Program funding that funds several organizations providing resources for families and children around on mental health, family counseling, in-home counseling, program for children with developmental disabilities, child welfare, housing, transportation & food services, early childhood assessment, intervention and treatment, foster care and more. The organizations are:
Housing organizations that take in pregnant people and their children
*it is easier to find housing as a pregnant person than with an infant*
The Harvest home
Christian organization in Venice
CLARE Foundation Residential Program
Work with people recovering from substance abuse and offers housing and sober living. The 'women with children sober living' allows parent to bring their children with them.
Upward Bound House
Organization that provides housing and services to homeless families with children under the age of 18. Shelter provides temporary housing for 3-6 months, some of the services offered are permanent housing search & placement, parenting classes, food & clothing, school enrollment, financial literacy and more.
Organizations that offer counseling and/or practical support for abortion clients
ACCESS Women’s Health Justice (based in Bay Area)
www.accesswhj.org
Backline (they provide support for people adopting, having an abortion and parenting)
www.yourbackline.org
The National Network of Abortion Funds
www.fundabortionnow.org
Grassroots Collectives, Groups and Organizations that offer resources and Abortion Companionship/Support (some of them might offer loss, miscarriage and birth support)
Some of the following Full Spectrum and Abortion Support groups might be inactive or taking a break, send them an email and see what they are up to. If you would like to start a group in your city, YOU CAN DO IT!
Full-Spectrum Reproductive Support Network (many of the active Full Spectrum and Abortion Companionship/Doula collectives are part of this network)
www.reproductivesupport.org
California, Bay Area: The Bay Area Doula Project (they offer Abortion companionships/doula trainings, get at them if you want to start your collective!)
http://bayareadoulaproject.org/
California, Los Angeles: Autonomous Communities for Reproductive and Abortion Support (ACRAS) Servicios en español.
https://www.facebook.com/acrascollective
Connecticut, Wesleyan University: The Wesleyan Doula Project
http://wesleying.org/2013/10/23/wesleyan-doula-project-fall-training-info-session/
Illinois, Chicago: The Chicago Doula Circle
http://chicagodoulacircle.org/main/
Massachusetts, Boston: The Boston Doula Project
https://www.facebook.com/BostonDoulaProject/info
Minnesota, The Spiral Collective
http://spiralcollective.weebly.com/meetingstrainings.html
New York, New York: The Doula Project
http://www.doulaproject.org/
North Carolina, Asheville Open Umbrella Collective
http://openumbrellacollective.org/
North Carolina, Piedmont Triad Spectrum Doula Collective
https://www.facebook.com/spectrumdoulas
Portland, Oregon Cascade Abortion Support Collective
http://www.cascadesabortionsupport.org/
Texas Abortion Access (Español e Ingles)
http://www.texasabortionaccess.info/
Texas, The Cicada Collective (they offer Abortion companionships/doula trainings, get at them if you want to start your collective!)
http://cicadacollective.wordpress.com/
Texas, Austin Tre Bridge Collective
http://www.thebridgecollective.org/
Washington, Seattle. Full Spectrum Doulas
http://www.fullspectrumdoulas.org/
Washington, DC, Doulas for Choice Collective
http://dcdoulasforchoice.wordpress.com/