Grants

Breech Without Borders is applying for grants that would bring vaginal breech training to various targeted communities. If you are in a position of leadership at a hospital, community health center, nonprofit organization, or other maternal-child health organization, we are seeking your letters of support as collaborating partners.

 
Please fill out this form to gather information about your role and your organization.

Please share your video with us! 

Would you be willing to take 1-2 minutes and film a short video for our grant application? All you need to do is answer these 3 questions:

1. Who are you? (Introduce yourself and your community)
2. Why is breech training important for your community?
3. Why is breech training important for you as a provider? (In particular, how would this grant project ensure that you and/or the women you serve are treated equitably? How would this grant project help address systemic inequities that reduce career satisfaction and limit advancement opportunities? )

Please send your video to grants@breechwithoutborders.org. If you are sending a large file, we recommend using WeTransfer.com (up to 2 GB) or Transfernow.net (up to 5 GB). 

About the collaboration initiative:

BWB is launching the Breech Birth Training & Advocacy Initiative, a focused training and policy advocacy program designed to address systemic maternal health disparities by reskilling healthcare providers in both hospital and community birth settings and advocating for hospital policy reforms that ensure mothers with breech babies have the right to choose their preferred mode of birth.

As part of this initiative, we are conducting specialized training sessions targeting several key groups, including:

• African American/BIPOC healthcare providers and birthing communities
• Other ethnic minority communities
• Plain (Amish/Mennonite) midwives and maternity care providers serving Plain communities (or other religious minority communities outside the US)
• Indigenous/Aboriginal/First Nations healthcare professionals and birthing communities
• Underserved rural communities and/or communities in maternity care deserts

Specifically, we seek to partner with your organization in the following ways:

• Training & Capacity Building: Collaborating on hands-on multidisciplinary breech birth training for doctors, midwives, nurses, doulas, and other allied staff such as anesthesia, pediatrics, etc.
• Hospital Policy Reform: Working together to advocate for evidence-based policies that reintroduce vaginal breech birth as an option in hospital settings (if your organization is not a healthcare facility, we would invite your organization to give input to local hospitals looking to start a breech service)
• Research & Data Collection: Partnering to track birth outcomes and provider competency post-training, contributing to data-driven policy recommendations.
• Community Education & Awareness: Hosting public information sessions to ensure that pregnant women and their families understand their rights and options.

We want to emphasize that BWB is actively seeking grant funding to cover the full cost of this training initiative, ensuring that there will be no financial obligation for our collaborating partners. 

Meet Ximena Rojas of Justicia en Salud and the Refugee Health Alliance. She is a midwife on the Tijuana-San Diego border and serves migrant communities. 

CNM Jeanine Valrie Logan of Chicago's West Side explains why vaginal breech training is important for her and her community.

Charlotte Shilo-Goudeau, LM, CPM: Why breech training matters in my community. Charlotte is 1 of 4 African American women in the state of Louisiana to hold the title of Licensed Certified Professional Midwife. 

Attendees of the NW Indiana Breech Workshop--primarily from the Chicago area--explain why breech training is important in their communities. Over 50% of the attendees received full scholarships, thanks to the combined efforts of Breech Without Borders and several generous donors. 

Rebecca Walker, a midwife in northern Minnesota, care for Indigenous women and populations living in maternity care deserts. 

Leslie M. Payne, CPM discusses why Amish communities need breech-skilled providers.

Maureen McIver, CPM serves Amish, Mennonite, and African-American communities.

Susanah Smith, a midwife in central Pennsylvania who serves a large Plain community, explains why breech skills are important.