Doula Scholarships

Training Options

You can attend one of our trainings we have scheduled for a reduced fee and Doulas Care will provide a scholarship for the remainder of the costs of training.  In return, you are expected to volunteer with the Doulas Care program, the details are described below.

DONA Birth Doula Training with Kate Stroud

Regular, quarterly trainings will be held over a Friday-Sunday in Ypsilanti, Michigan or other locations based on need and desire for such programs.  You can attend a training for a fee of $350 or if you volunteer for the Doulas Care Program you can pay a reduced fee of $150 for the three day training and Doulas Care will provide a scholarship for the remainder of the training costs which include the DONA program, volunteer orientation and community outreach trainings.  For more information, please call the Doulas Care office at 734-332-8070 or email info@doulascare.org.

Next Training: January 20-22!  Register HERE

Applicant  Qualifications

For All Candidates:

• Be at least 18 years old
• Be a high school graduate (GED acceptable)
• Be a resident of one of the following counties in southeastern Michigan: Washtenaw, Wayne, Oakland, Macomb,  Lapeer, Genesee, Livingston, Ingham, Jackson, Lenawee or Monroe (we are in particular need of Doulas in Wayne, Jackson and Genesee counties)
• Plan to continue to reside in one of the counties listed long enough to fulfill your volunteer commitment as outlined below.
• Be available for training dates, including orientation dates (see training packages below)
• Have transportation available
• Priority will be given to individuals with limited economic resources who live in communities where more volunteer doulas are needed. Bi-lingual and bi-cultural doulas, especially Spanish, Arabic, and French-speaking applicants, are encouraged to apply.

For Birth Doula Applicants:

• Have demonstrated an interest in working with pregnant women or new mothers and their babies.
• Commit to participate in the volunteer Doulas Care program and provide free services to five women that includes: three prenatal visits, birth support, and three postpartum home visits. The birth services should be completed within 18 months of finishing the training. Please be aware that this commitment involves being “on-call” 24 hours a day, seven days a week for a period of two weeks before and two weeks after the woman’s due date. Once she births, of course, you are no longer on call, but do need to remain available to provide needed postpartum support services. Please consider if you have inflexible work hours or an unreliable childcare situation which are incompatible with being “on-call”.

How to Apply

Please click on one of the Scholarship Application links below and fill it out. Your application can be emailed (see above) or mailed to:

Doulas Care
2855 Boardwalk,
Ann Arbor, MI 48108

Click here to download the Birth Doula Training Scholarship Application.

 

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Volunteer Info

• Current Forms
• Doula Resources – Resources for our Volunteer Doula Community
• Doula Scholarships