This resource was developed by the research team at the University of Washington Family Medicine Residency to assist providers and patients in finding social and support services for pregnant individuals. It includes a list of community organizations and state-funded programs designed to help pregnant patients reach their full potential during the perinatal period and immediately afterward. Created in 2024, this document features the most current information available. However, services and details may change over time, so please visit the individual websites for the latest updates.
Doula Services and More
“Providing community-based support during pregnancy, birth, and early parenting to nurture strong foundations that last a lifetime.”
Doulas, prenatal and postnatal support, home visiting, lactation support, community education, peer support groups, baby essentials, resource and community events, resource navigation and referrals support. Fill out the online intake form or call 206-866-0729 openarmsps.org
“To create culturally responsive pregnancy and parenting experiences for Black, immigrant, and refugee families.”
Doula, lactation support, support groups, resource coordination, infant/child developmental screening. For doula support, submit intake form. Find out about how to get connected for other resources on their site, globalperinatal.org
A doula referral service serving all population groups.
Visit their website, seattledoulapartners.com
Lactation Specific Services
“Nurturing Expressions provides caring, evidence-based healthcare and support for expecting and new parents. We specialize in lactation, chest and breastfeeding, breast pump education and care, and mastectomy and compression garments.”
Services include Breast/Chest feeding resources, lactation resources for all population groups.
nurturingexpressions.com
“Our mission is to support families through the specialty of infant feeding–with the most up-to-date research, warmth, and compassion. We specialize in the diagnosis and treatment of tongue tie and related issues.”
Services for tongue tie, home therapy, feeding help, body work, and advocacy resources for all populations groups. Patients should inquire with their insurance about coverage. Email inquiries here, more information, seattlebfclinic.com
Parenting, Maternity & Pregnancy Services
“Our mission is to provide the skills necessary for refugee and immigrant women and their children in Washington state to reach their highest potential.” “We partnered with local community-based organizations, governments, and funders to extend a strong web of resources and deliver them in an equitable, culturally sensitive way.”
‘Best 4 Babies’ and ‘Flourishing under Five’ -Programs for pregnant mothers or mothers with children under, case management, and other resource connections. Serving immigrant and refugee populations from Africa. Call (253) 277-7625, email, or visit motherafrica.org
“Family Ways is a program supporting pregnant persons, parenting families and children up to age five. All services are culturally relevant, participant-centered, and strengths-based. Our Peer Community Specialists represent the communities we currently serve.”
Peer support to connect to resources and classes; assists with connections; can assist with essentials. social work, nutrition, and nursing. Serving all populations, visit the Family Ways King County website.
First Steps King County maternity support services and infant case management. Includes Nurse Family Partnership which provides one on one home visits with specialty nurse through the second year of age. Individualized and personalized to family needs. Assist with resource connection.
Nurse-Family Partnership is a community health program that helps transform the lives of people pregnant with their first child. The program partners families with registered nurses from pregnancy through a child’s second birthday, allowing nurses to deliver the support first-time parents need to have a healthy pregnancy, become knowledgeable and responsible parents, and provide their babies with the best possible start in life. The relationship between parent and nurse provides the foundation for strong families, and lives are forever changed—for the better.
Serving anyone with Medicaid. Referrals can be made using this form or call 206-263-8374, more information on the website.
Refugee Women’s Alliance “promotes inclusion, independence, personal leadership, and strong communities by providing refugee and immigrant women and their families with culturally and linguistically appropriate services”
Provides comprehensive 10 wrap-around social services including but not limited to ESL classes, employment, job training, housing, behavioral health, and legal services. Serving immigrant and refugee communities. Call 206-721-0243 or email, or visit rewa.org
Other Child Services
Habla Therapies provides comprehensive and compassionate speech language therapy for children facing a range of challenges. Their expertise spans across English and Spanish evaluations, ensuring that every child feels comfortable and understood during their therapeutic journey.
Service include pediatric dysphagia, infant bottle aversions, difficulty transitioning to solids, sensory feeding challenges/picky eating, childhood apraxia of speech, stuttering, dyslexia, and speech, language, and social-pragmatics delays. Serving all populations, visit the website hablatherapies.com
Mental Health Services
Consejo is a licensed, award-winning treatment center offering outpatient behavioral health care, trauma-informed care, and supportive transitional housing. Since 1978, Consejo has served children, youth, adults, and elders in King, Pierce, and Thurston-Mason County.
Offering primary healthcare to all populations. Call (206) 461-4880 or more information here, consejocounseling.org
Their mission is: “help clients attain the highest level of self-sufficiency in Western society while maintaining their cultural identities”
Serving Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders and other underserved communities – including immigrants, refugees, and American-born. Schedule an appointment online, call (206) 695-7600 or email. More information here, acrs.org.
“Perinatal PCL is a free, state-funded program providing perinatal mental health consultation, recommendations and referrals for Washington state providers caring for pregnant or postpartum patients.”
Serving all populations. Call 1-877-725-4666 or email, more information on the website.