Fill out the interest - referral form, and a family liaison from New Family Fund will contact you and pair you with a Postpartum Navigator.

Or

You can contact a Postpartum Navigator directly, and they will onboard you.

The postpartum navigation care can be virtual, or parents and navigators may choose to meet.

Ideally, during pregnancy in the third trimester.

Your Postpartum Navigator will help you wherever you are in your journey and can offer care up to one year.

All Postpartum Navigators have completed the 10-hour Build Your Nest Postpartum Navigator Training, which covers postpartum planning, support, and resource navigation.

The THW Doulas have 28 contact hours through an OHA-approved program, covering core curriculum topics such as childbirth education, labor support, and nonmedical care. Plus:

• Six hours of cultural competency training. 

• One hour of interprofessional collaboration. 

• One hour of HIPAA compliance training. 

• Four hours of trauma-informed care training. 

• Current CPR certification for infants, children, and adults. 

• One hour of OHA-approved oral health training.

• Documentation of attending at least three births and three postpartum visits as a doula. 

Community Health Workers have a 90-120-hour training that includes foundational knowledge in public health, cultural competency, social determinants of health, and health promotion.

See bios of individual Postpartum Navigators to learn about their additional trainings.

Maybe! Postpartum Navigation provided by THW Doulas is covered by OHP (Medicaid) and various insurance plans. See individual Postpartum Navigators to learn about other insurance coverage.

If your insurance plan doesn’t cover doula services, you can either pay cash or receive postpartum navigation support through one of the Community Health Workers employed by a partnering organization.

Postpartum Navigators are doulas and community health workers who support families in

planning for the postpartum time and through the first 3-12 months postpartum.

They meet with parents during pregnancy to make a plan for having rest, support, and care.

After the baby arrives, they are available over text, in addition to monthly check-in meetings.

Some parents prefer home visits, while others choose to keep care fully virtual. Navigators

help parents feel less alone, connect them with resources, information, and support as

questions or challenges arise.

Birth Doulas are non-medical caregivers who provide physical, emotional, and informational support to birthing families during pregnancy, labor, and birth, and in the postpartum period, regardless of birth preferences. Some birth doulas are covered by Oregon and Washington

Medicaid, Tricare, Moda PEBB, Moda OEBB insurance plans, Kaiser. THW (Traditional Health Worker) birth doula services are covered by OHP / Medicaid.

Postpartum Doulas provide in-home emotional, physical, and informational support during the

postpartum period, including breastfeeding assistance, newborn care education, light housekeeping, meal preparation, and helping with older children.

There is a separate training and certification process for birth and postpartum doulas.

A Community Health Worker (CHW) is a frontline public health professional who is a trusted member of, or has an unusually close understanding of, the community they serve.  This shared background, language, or culture allows them to act as a liaison between health/social services and the community, facilitating access to care and improving service quality. In Oregon they have 90-120 hours of training.