MATERNAL-CHILD HEALTH EDUCATION, TRAINING, CONSULTATION AND SUPPORT WHO WE ARE
Happy Mama Healthy Baby Alliance was founded in 2020. HMHBA is a community-based, non-governmental organization located in Los Angeles, California, USA. We are 501 (c) (3) non-profit public charity 509 (a) (2), our IRS name is Wholistic Midwifery School of Southern California, founded in 1993.
We are multidisciplinary perinatal and mental health professionals united in a common vision to promote maternal and infant health, improve maternity care quality and access, reduce perinatal health disparities and achieve social justice in maternal and infant health for all childbearing families.
Our board of directors, advisory committee and consultants are mental and perinatal health experts with training and expertise in Doula Support, midwifery, nursing, pre and perinatal psychology, social work, psychiatry, obstetrics and gynecology, pediatrics, preventative care, global public health, and health education and promotion.
OUR MISSION
To promote high-quality, family-centered, evidence-based, respectful maternity and newborn care, and improved health outcomes for all childbearing persons and their babies.
OUR WORK
Our work focuses on addressing health care disparities and to engendering birthing justice for all pregnant women, persons and their infants. As ethnically diverse, multidisciplinary professionals serving pregnant and parenting families, we offer Doula services, childbirth preparation classes, breastfeeding support, and maternal- infant mental health workshops and support groups and opportunities for continuing education for professionals.
We also offer professional training, certification, learning and networking opportunities for mental health providers and social service and health professionals working with Maternal, Child and Adolescent Health populations.
Our focus areas are:
Training, Certification and Continuing Education Programs for Professionals
Childbirth Doula and Postpartum Doula Services
Breastfeeding Support Services
Promoting Maternal Mental Health and Infant Mental Health
Engendering Birthing Justice for All Childbearing Persons
Amplifying the voices of BIPOC persons who are experiencing perinatal health disparities.
OUR PHILOSOPHY
As advocates for families and babies, we seek to ensure that all childbearing persons are treated with dignity and respect during the pregnancy, childbirth and postpartum periods.We promote a self-growth approach to pregnancy; which is a special and unique time in a woman’s and a person’s life.
We believe each pregnant woman or person should be surrounded by a loving and supportive community and each baby should be born into the hands of skilled, compassionate and respectful caregivers.
We protect the Mother/Baby dyad whose needs are mutually dependent.
We are reverent of the sacred nature of birth and are inspired by its potential to transform women, relationships, families, and communities.
We strive to improve birth outcomes for women and infants where perinatal health disparities and inequities exist.
We aim to improve the quality of maternity and newborn care in all settings.We are dedicated to helping families have empowering, satisfying and joyous experiences from conception through gestation, childbirth, and early parenthood.
Donations are tax-deductible to Happy Mama Heallthy Baby Alliance a DBA of Wholistic Midwifery School of Southern California, a 501 (c) (3) non profit organization, 509 (a) (2) public charity. We are qualified to receive tax-deductible bequests, devises, transfers or gifts under section 2055, 2106 or 2522 of the IRS code.