Chicago South Side Birth Center & Chicago Volunteer Doulas

With NIRH thought partnership and strategic guidance, Chicago South Side Birth Center and Chicago Volunteer Doulas began to lay the foundation for municipal funding for Black birthing centers and Black community-based doulas on the South Side of Chicago. Throughout the partnership, NIRH translated our municipal funding for abortion expertise into the birth justice arena by educating CCSBC and CVD on how to advocate and educate local elected officials and stakeholders on the importance of funding Illinois’ community birth infrastructure and urge them to act. NIRH provided a bird’s eye view of birth justice investment on the local level and cataloged proactive investments from other states and localities in a birth justice database.