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- EIN 30-0046369
- (417) 832-9222
- 1901 E Meadowmere St Springfield MO 65804 USA
- doulafoundation.org
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Nonprofit Overview
Causes: Human Services, Single Parent Agencies
Mission: Our mission is to be a source of emotional care, advocacy, and comfort for all mothers and their families during pregnancy, childbirth, and early parenthood by providing services that ease the physical and emotional challenges of childbirth, encouraging the bond between parent and child, and providing a sense of empowerment to new and soon-to-be parents.
Programs: The organization provided doula and supporting services to over 130 women and their families which includes: prenatal home visits and continuous support through the birth process as well as postpartum home visits to new mothers; breastfeeding support; childbirth education classes, parent and child classes, prenatal yoga classes and other education classes to high school teens. Clients served by dfma have statistically proven compared to mo and greene county to have less preterm births, more babies born at normal birth weights, more prenatal care visits and higher initial breastfeeding rates.