- Why the First 1,000 Days? (Slides)
- Inequity in Health Care and Maternal & Infant Mortality in Kansas (Slides)
- Role of Medicaid in First 1,000 Days: Doula Coverage
- What is a Doula: Birth Team Role Differences
- What is a Doula (NHeLP)
- Getting Doulas Paid: Advancing Community-Based Doula Models In Medicaid Reimbursement Conversations, HealthConnect One
- Lessons Learned from Early State Experiences Using Medicaid to Expand Access to Doula Care, Georgetown Center for Children & Families
- Doula Services in Medicaid: State Progress in 2022, Georgetown Center for Children & Families
- Doula Services in Medicaid: Pathways and Payment Rates, Georgetown Center for Children & Families
- Current State of Doula Medicaid Implementation Efforts in November 2022
- Project Learnings and Final Report from the Community Doula Research Steering Committee at UC Berkeley (including a final report, research prioritization shortlist and full document, two-page informational document, and illustration about community doulas)
- Advancing Birth Justice: Community-Based Doula Models as a Standard of Care for Ending Racial Disparities, by Village Birth International, Ancient Song Doula Services, and Every Mother Counts
- The Lily/Washington Post series on Medicaid coverage for doula care: State of Doula Care series (The series included articles specifically on the challenges in Oregon and Minnesota and reasons for the very low uptake of the benefit in both states. Additional data points from the series are also available here.)
- What, when, and how long? Doula time use in a community doula program in San Francisco, California
- Additional Resources from the National Health Law Program
- Workplace Protections: PUMP Act & Pregnant Workers Fairness Act:
- Presentation Slides
- Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA) explainer
- What You Should Know About the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (EEOC)
- PUMP Act explainer
- Fact Sheet #73: FLSA Protections for Employees to Pump Breast Milk at Work (DOL WHD)
- A Better Balance’s free and confidential helpline information (1-833-NEED-ABB)
- Paid Leave:
- Seven Key Outcomes of Implementing a Universal Paid Leave Policy
- As 2022 Ends, We’ve Seen What the Federal Government Can Do – Yet the Vast Majority of U.S. Workers and Families Are Still Waiting for Paid Leave: What’s Ahead for Paid Leave in 2023?
- Paid and Unpaid Leave Policies in the United States
- Paid Leave Benefits and Funding in the United States
- Health, Work and Care in Rural America
- Public Opinion About Paid Family & Medical Leave (Lit review of polling/messaging)
- Messaging memo
- Child development: Case for National Paid Family & Medical Leave Insurance Program (fact sheet)
- Early Childhood in Kansas:
Blythe Thomas, 1,000 Days
Dr. Sharla Smith, KS Birth Equity Network
Hakima Payne, Uzazi Village; and Sapphire Garcia-Lies, KS Birth Justice Collective
Vasu Reddy, National Partnership for Women & Families
Tina Sherman, MomsRising
Logan Stenseng, Zero to Thrive
Melissa Rooker, Kansas Children’s Cabinet