Our Programs
Midwifery Skills Training
Addressing the workforce shortage and equity issues in midwifery, NACPM Georgia commits to offering free quarterly training opportunities for midwives and student midwives. We believe the families of Georgia deserve midwives that are adequately trained and equipped to care for them. We believe that Georgia needs MORE midwives, especially midwives of color.
Topics range from beginner to advanced midwifery skills, taught by local midwives. All practicing midwives and students enrolled in a program or apprenticeship are welcome!
We hold Midwifery Skills Training Days multiple times each year. Contact us for more info on teaching or learning opportunities!
NACPM BIGGER TABLE FUND
The goal of the fund is to remove some of the significant financial barriers that student midwives of color, indigenous and/or LGBTQ student midwives face when entering the CPM profession. We recognize that there are multiple barriers beyond the NARM exam and state licensure fees that student midwives encounter, and it is our ardent intention to grow this fund in the coming years to help defray some of those additional expenses.
Funds will be distributed quarterly, according to a lottery system, with $3,000 available per cycle. The maximum individual award is $1,000. We invite you to apply to the Bigger Table Fund. You also can access the application on the NACPM website.
Student Growth
Goals
Our long term goal is for marginalized communities to be well represented so that the number of CPMs in Georgia doubles by 2030.
NACPM Georgia stands with the National Association of Certified Professional Midwives (NACPM) in committing to:
· Investing in a strong CPM workforce that is racially, ethnically, and socially representative that can meet the needs of all childbearing people;
· Ensuring that families have access to the services of CPMs that are a part of their culture
· Opposing the oppression of LGBTQ people
· Understanding and addressing the compound negative impact of oppression on marginalized childbearing people with multiple intersecting identities.
Please find more information on these commitments at http://nacpm.org/bigger-table-fund-scholarships-for-narm-exam-and-licensing-fees/