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The Mission of the National Association of Certified Professional Midwives (NACPM) is to significantly increase women’s access to midwives by supporting the work and practice of Certified Professional Midwives.

As a professional organization, we are dedicated to maximizing the potential of the Certified Professional Midwife (CPM) credential, and the midwives who hold it, in order to increase the number of midwives available to adequately meet the needs of childbearing women. NACPM strives to ensure that CPMs will achieve their appropriate place in the delivery of maternity care in the United States. Click here to read the history of NACPM.

 

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Now available for download - CPM Issue Brief -
Certified Professional Midwives in the US

Certified Professional Midwives are a strong and growing group of maternity care professionals, and NACPM, MANA, MEAC and NARM celebrate the release of An Issue Brief: Certified Professional Midwives in the United States!

This document is the result of an historic collaboration among the organizations that played essential roles in the formation of the CPM credential and in the ongoing support for the profession.  It is the first comprehensive description of the profession and will be useful to CPMs and to women and families, as well as to legislators and policy makers who need to know about the contribution that CPMs are making to maternity care in our country.

Click here for more information and to download the brief.

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As we work to achieve our goals, NACPM:

  • Seeks to remove barriers to the care and services of CPMs
  • Educates legislators and policy makers about the practice of Certified Professional Midwifery
  • Works to increase reimbursement for the services of CPMs
  • Develops policy initiatives to increase recognition of the CPM on both the state and federal level
  • Supports and encourages the legal recognition of CPMs in all states
  • Encourages the use of the NACPM Standards of Practice in state licensing legislation 
 

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Primary Midwifery Links

Citizens for Midwifery
NARM
MANA
MANA Statistics Project
Midwifery Education Accreditation Council

   
   
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