Welcome
Detroit Homecoming Guests!

Join as us we midwife a new system—rooted in love, and born right here in Detroit.

The Problem:

Black mothers are more than 75% more likely to die from pregnancy-related complications than White mothers. From 2016 to 2020, nearly three-quarters of pregnancy-related deaths in the state were deemed preventable.

The Solution:

According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) “To address the disparities in Black maternal health, expanding access to midwives and doulas is essential. Midwifery care reduces preterm births and cesarean delivery rates and improves breastfeeding outcomes, particularly among Black mothers.

Birth Detroit offers the following services: Easy Access Clinic (EAC) for prenatal and postpartum care, birth center birthing at our Birth Center, Education classes including Childbirth Education and breastfeeding support, and Well-woman care.

Birth Detroit is here to be part of the solution.
We dream of a world where birth is safe, sacred, loving, and celebrated for everyone.

How You Can Help

We are creating a Detroit where all people have access to safe, culturally-reverent, midwifery-led healthcare.
But we can't do it without you.

  • Give to Staff Support: $25,000. Funds the yearly cost of a contract sonographer or a portion of a midwife's salary.

  • Give to Family Support: $100,000. Fund doula support stipends for families or birth scholarships for clients.

  • Give to the Birth Detroit Care Easy Access Clinic: $150,000. Support clinical care supplies and key staff for this FREE clinic

  • Give to the Birth Detroit Birth Center: $200,000. Support building operations, program supplies, and key staff to ensure we can keep lights on and midwives catching babies

  • Give to future families: $3,000,000. Fully fund Birth Detroit's Endowment Initiative, providing a stable source of revenue into perpetuity to fund the birth center operations. Your gift will be matched 1:1 up to $500,000 by the Michigan Children's Foundation.

Support Birth Detroit by donating here. Reach out to our
Development Director, Pam Bailey, for more information at pam@birthdetroit.com.

Listen to the voices of the community and take a virtual tour of our beautiful birth center below.