The Arise BIPOC Midwife Community Outreach Project

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Arise BIPOC Midwife is so excited to be a recipient of The Midwife Foundation’s 2026 Thacher Community Grants for our new pilot project

The Arise BIPOC Midwife Student Community Outreach

The Thacher Community Grant supports small yet high-impact community-based projects that promote excellence in health care for women, infants, and families worldwide, especially those that show innovative means to meet their communities’ needs.

Funded by the Frances T. Thacher Midwifery Leadership Endowment, this community grant will help us address racial inequity, health disparities, and care of populations in low-resource settings.

We are piloting this project at Arise BIPOC Midwife Headquarters
Baltimore City


The Thacher Community Grant will be used to increase access to racially concordant care in Baltimore City through a dual-focused intervention that will pair the skilled professionals in the Arise network with community-focused outreach for BIPOC families.

Most of these services will be provided virtually, but due to the generosity of the Midwife Foundation, we are also able to offer some in-person services!


Professionals in the ARISE Network will have the ability to provide the following types of services

Childbirth Education/Birth Preparation

Birth Doula Consultations/Birth Planning

Postpartum Doula Consultations/Postpartum Preparation

Lactation Support/Breastfeeding Education


Perinatal Mental Health Conversations/Mental Wellness Check-ins


Services will be provided on a first-come, first-served basis
Feedback from this work will empower us to expand!












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