A Step Ahead Chattanooga’s mission is to remove barriers to contraception through education, outreach, and access to birth control.

The mission of March of Dimes is to lead the fight for the health of all moms and babies. Our goals are to end the preventable maternal health risks and deaths, end preventable preterm birth and infant death, and close the outcome gaps.

Family & Children’s Service offers more than a dozen different services creating a safety net to ensure that all children and families can be safe and healthy, especially those who “fall through the cracks” of traditional social services.

Roots and River Wellness is a Memphis Black doula service helping women and their families become rooted and grounded while celebrating the joys of pregnancy, postpartum and parenthood. Their mission is to cultivate a positive birthing experience that’s safe, individualized and culturally congruent to help increase lactation rates, reduce health concerns, morbidities and preventable maternal and infant deaths.

Susannah’s House provides a nurturing and therapeutic environment for individuals and families to achieve sobriety, enhance mother and child relationships, and build better life skills while promoting spiritual growth.

The Tennessee Doulas Association works to ensure that every TN family has access to doula care. Through fostering an environment of collaboration and mutual respect among doulas, community partners, and healthcare professionals, the TN Doulas Association works to improve birth and postpartum outcomes for all families in Tennessee. 

Mothers’ Milk Bank of Tennessee is dedicated to providing safe, pasteurized donor human milk to the most vulnerable babies. We are on a mission to improve outcomes for Tennessee babies born too soon and too small by increasing access to pasteurized donor human milk. 

A Loving Option Adoption is a licensed child placing agency in the state of Tennessee. Their mission is to support expectant parents as they navigate the challenging decision-making process, offering guidance and support along the way. Their expectant parent services are free and confidential and include a dedicated Expectant Parent Specialist to help meet needs such as emotional support, options counseling, help with expenses and stabilization, connection to resources, and education with the goal of a healthy outcome for all parties involved.

Centerstone offers a collection of grant-funded services designed specifically for pregnant women, families with young children and anyone thinking about getting pregnant. These services are delivered primarily in the home by dedicated professionals with the goal of strengthening families physically, mentally and emotionally. 

The Happy Hour is a mental wellness studio in the heart of Nashville’s 12 South Neighborhood with a modern approach to talk therapy, life coaching, and more.
Their goal is to make it easy to walk in and talk it out with a professional in a way that is convenient, comfortable and intentional, so you can be the happiest version of yourself.  

As America’s first and only School of Global Health at Meharry Medical College, the School is committed to preparing the next generation of global health learners and leaders to find solutions and respond to the communities’ complex and evolving health challenges with a global perspective. A hub for research and academic innovation in global health, mental and behavioral health, population health, public health, environmental health, health communications, social and political determinants of health, and more, the School is a trusted resource.

Naturally Nurtured Birth Services is dedicated to empowering expecting women and their families to experience safe, joyful, and empowering births in a nurturing and supportive environment. Their labor center provides comprehensive, personalized prenatal care, childbirth education, and postpartum support, all grounded in the principles of body autonomy, childbirth and holistic wellness. They believe that every family deserves a personalized birth experience that honors the body, baby, and unique journey.

Mom’s Connection Doula Services supports hospital, birth center, and home births in the Knoxville area. We support each family’s birth and baby choices and will help each family gain understanding and confidence during this amazing and exciting time. We support your entire family to make the transition as positive and low stress as possible.  In working together with families, we hope to create a more healthy and satisfying approach to family dynamics in its early stages.

Your Doula Connection provides support throughout your pregnancy, during labor, and early postpartum including lactation counseling. It is our mission to improve birth outcomes by providing knowledge, compassionate care, unwavering support, and advocacy to every family served.

The Rural Health Association of Tennessee’s mission is to lead the way for a healthy Tennessee through partnerships, advocacy, education and resources. Their members of rural hospitals and providers, school health professionals, mental and behavioral health providers, and others are committed to the vision of becoming the healthiest states in America.

Firefly’s mission is to nurture lifelong recovery and remove barriers to sustained health for pregnant and postpartum women with substance use disorder and their children. Firefly combines prenatal and postpartum care with treatment for opioid use disorder for women facing the dual challenge of pregnancy and recovery in Middle Tennessee. Participation in the program is free.

Optum OB Homecare is a provider of skilled home nursing programs designed for high-risk pregnant patients including diabetes, preeclampsia and nausea and vomiting of pregnancy. Optum OB Homecare partners with health plans and healthcare providers nationally to improve high-risk pregnancy outcomes and patient experience, while decreasing the cost of care. 

Derrick Stone Safe Sleep’s mission is to eliminate sleep related accidents by spreading awareness about the dangers of an unsafe sleep environment, along with educating caregivers to empower them to do what best for their baby’s safety. We offer resources to protect your family from materials, equipment, workshops, and communication so that you may advocate for you and your baby. 

AIMHiTN is dedicated to providing resources and education to professionals who work with children age 0 to 6. Our goal is to help build healthy relationships between children and their caregivers, promote positive interactions, and provide information about early childhood development that will help children thrive.

The Trauma Injury Prevention program at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt aims to reduce child deaths and injuries by providing education and resources for Middle Tennessee. Our safety experts offer free support to area organizations both in-person and virtually. Our topics include child passenger safety, safe infant sleep, home safety, safe firearm storage, fall prevention, animal injury prevention, and helmet safety.

SHINE is a clinical research program at Vanderbilt University Medical Center that will offer well child preventative care services along with developmental care for children ages 0-6 who experienced opioid exposure during pregnancy. SHINE families seen at Vanderbilt Children’s Primary Care One Hundred Oaks will have access to regular developmental screenings, psychoeducation, and family care coordination. Developmental care may also be provided by consultation.

Baby Steps is a multidisciplinary clinic and care coordination program that follows children from birth through 5 years of age who have had prenatal drug exposure to any substance. The Baby Steps Program serves to improve coordination of care throughout the perinatal period and early childhood. The multidisciplinary Baby Steps Clinic also ensures comprehensive health, developmental, and behavioral screening and follow-up and provides education and support to families affected by substance use disorder. 

At Homeland Heart Collective, our core mission is to promote and protect maternal, perinatal, and infant health among women, infants, and families of color. We are proud to serve as a sanctuary for birth workers and families before, during, and after pregnancy – providing a bridge between practitioners and families, in order to improve birth outcomes and reduce infant and maternal mortality rates for black indigenous people of color.