Grantee Profile

Alaska Native Birthworkers Community

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2 Grants
$65,000 Total Awarded
2022 - 2025 Years

Awarded Grants

2025

Sovereignty from First Breath

2025 Sovereignty from First Breath

$30,000
Alaska Native Birthworkers Community ak Created with Sketch. Anchorage, AK

Description

Provide free direct services to Native birthing families; grow a cohort of trained Indigenous birthworkers to serve Native birthing families; and support systemic change for improved maternal health outcomes and positive birthing experiences for Native birthing families.

2022

Alaska Native Birthworkers Community

2022 Alaska Native Birthworkers Community

$35,000
Alaska Native Birthworkers Community ak Created with Sketch. Anchorage, AK

Community Partners

Inter-Tribal

Description

Our purpose is to promote sovereignty from first breath. We are growing a culturally matched peer model of support to serve Native birthing families so that they feel supported, well cared for, and full of the information they need to make confident choices around reproductive health, birthing, and parenthood.