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Whether you’re an aspiring CPM, a practicing midwife, or a supporter of autonomy in birth health care — you belong here.
We’re actively engaged in promoting professional equity and expanding midwifery care in Massachusetts:
We’re actively engaged in promoting professional equity and expanding midwifery care in Massachusetts:
- Supporting key legislation aimed at strengthening CPMs throughout the Commonwealth
- Facilitating continuing-ed and peer-learning opportunities focused on best-practice, safety and informed choice
- Preparing CPMs for smooth integration into the state’s regulated system by ensuring readiness for reimbursement, collaboration, and sustainable practice.
- Increasing access to CPM care for more families
The Massachusetts Chapter of the National Association for Certified Professional Midwives was founded in 2019 to advance and support the practice, availability, and access to the unique model of community midwifery offered by CPMs. As the only midwives who are required to have out-of-hospital experience during training, CPMs are experts in community birth & reproductive care. We are proud advocates for the evidence-based reality that well-integrated, high-quality midwifery care improves outcomes for birthing people, maternity and perinatal care systems, and reproductive autonomy for all people.
The MA-NACPM chapter serves as the local arm of NACPM national, committed to advancement of the CPM credential, building CPM workforce diversity, and advocating for integration of CPMs into every facet of reproductive and perinatal care consistent with our scope of practice. MA-NACPM has been a core member of the coalition helping draft, advance, and secure passage of the 2024 perinatal omnibus; and looks forward to continuing the partnerships to ensure implementation that aligns to the spirit as, well as, the new laws. |
Massachusetts Licensed Midwifery Access and Equity Report Board Officers President Nicole Cisneros Pegher Vice President/ Western Mass Representative Jessie Groneman Treasurer Ann Kilroy Whitman Clerk Jessica Bready Board Member TBD Kennedy Logan Committees TBD *For information about Open Board positions or joining a committee, please contact MA-NACPM. TBD For more information: [email protected] |