Where to get support in your application process
If you know of any other support being offered to the birthworker community, please reach out to us to have that information included here!
All California Resources
- DHCS Doula Benefit Application Technical Support
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- Email: PAVE@dhcs.ca.gov for app or enrollment requirements and questions
- Helpdesk: 1.866.252.1949 - for technical assistance
- Billing for Doula Services training
- Help with getting an NPI number
- Toll-free Help Number: 1-800-465-3203 (NPI Toll-Free)
- Email List Serve for updates on the California Doula Medi-Cal Benefit
- If you are interested in staying up to date on the California Doula Medi-Cal Benefit or national efforts to cover doula care through Medicaid please sign up for National Health Law Program's informational listservs HERE
- Enhancing Knowledge Of Doula Scope Of Practice For Providers:
- The purpose of our provider training is to equip clinicians in hospital and clinical settings with knowledge on the benefits of doula support for their patients and how to create and utilize opportunities to collaborate with doulas for improved maternal and infant health outcomes.
Northern California
We are building a Medi-Cal Doula Enrollment coaching program after hearing from community that the application process has been overwhelming and intimidating.
If you are interested in going through the process in community, please sign up HERE to be the first to hear when our coaching program begins! Let's do this, together.
Oakland Better Birth Foundation was founded by Doula, Community Activist, Mother, Grandmother and Author Samsarah Morgan and dedicated to providing training, community outreach, services to reduce and educate about infant and maternal mortality.
Our vision is that every pregnant person has an empowering birth and postpartum experience, free of unnecessary medical interventions and forced separation from their child, one that honors their autonomy and maintains dignity. We aim to educate and inform, to document and share Black women and individuals’ birth stories in their own words, to raise awareness, influence healthcare policy, and keep birth sacred. We challenge human rights violations, including maternal mortality and near misses, and rebuild confidence in our Black and Brown community’s ability to birth.
Central California
Doula Recruitment Program
Doula Recruitment Program - funding to support the recruitment and first-year costs of doulas who become Medi-Cal Doula Providers in the Alliance service areas of Merced, Monterey and Santa Cruz counties.
Southern California
Community Doula Champions Los Angeles
We are an uplifting generation of community doulas on the frontline of birth in the black community co-creating and reclaiming family-centered narratives for generations to come.
Birthworkers of Color Collective - Offers monthly PAVE PORTAL trainings for California doulas. Visit our social media to learn when our next PAVE training is taking place. Register HERE
Sankofa Community Doula Program
The Sankofa Community Doula Program is a grant-funded program that allows Sankofa Community Doulas to provide no-cost* doula support services to Black women residing in Riverside County and San Bernardino County.
Birthworkers Collaborative of the Inland Empire- Riverside Community Health Foundation
The Collaborative is a partnership with providers, health plans, and provider organizations to support the community with birth work in the Inland Empire. Members have access to all resources, tools, supports, and much more, including support for enrollment in the Medi-Cal Doula Benefit.
Whether you've just started the Medi-Cal journey or have already been approved, these peer-led virtual and in-person gatherings are centered on storytelling and finding community-driven solutions.
