In 2022, with support from Direct Relief International, NACPM  launched The Tanya Khemet Taiwo Midwifery Scholarship Fund in response to the stark underrepresentation of Black and Indigenous midwives in the Certified Professional Midwives (CPM) workforce. At the heart of this initiative, NACPM is  dedicated to elevating outcomes for all individuals and infants during childbirth, fostering a CPM workforce that reflects diverse backgrounds, and working towards essential changes within the current U.S. birthing care systems.

The Midwifery Education and Accreditation Council is Hiring a Director of Accreditation (DA).

The Director of Accreditation (DA) oversees the accreditation aspects of the organization and supervises the accreditation team, including Accreditation Coordinators, volunteers, and consultants. This role stewards new and ongoing relationships with member schools and manages the process of continuing recognition as an accrediting agency with the USDE.  

Here we see Star guide Raven, who is expecting her first child, through her last month of pregnancy, from prenatal visits to the intimate experience of giving birth on her kitchen floor. Through observational black-and-white footage, the film documents an act of defiance and radical self-empowerment by Black women – mothers and midwives.

NACPM is in an exciting time of transition and expansion. We are reimagining our future, assessing what has worked for us and learning about ways that we can be more supportive to the CPM community. We are building a board that will identify the next  steps in our strategic approach and our new Executive leadership. Serving on the NACPM board is exciting and rewarding work, providing opportunities to contribute to the profession and to develop leadership skills.

The Executive Director of NACPM leads the association towards achieving its vision, purpose, values and commitments. The Executive Director is responsible for the overall management of NACPM including all personnel, operations, financial management, strategic planning, project development, marketing, and fundraising efforts of the organization, to support and implement the mission. Additionally, the Executive Director holds primary responsibility for developing and maintaining collaborative relationships with stakeholders, and serving as a policy advocate for the integration of CPMs in the maternity care system.

The Institute for Medicaid Innovation (IMI) has launched a national learning series addressing the essential elements of midwifery business case development to provide services to Medicaid enrollees. The project utilizes an interactive virtual, salon-style format, bringing together Black, Indigenous, and other people of color (BIPOC) focused, Medicaid-serving midwives and midwifery practices with national experts in business development, Medicaid, and midwifery.

Virginia is one of two states that license CPMs yet restrict them from accessing and administering medications that are within their scope of practice. These medications include : Pitocin, Cytotec, Rhogam, IV Fluids, lidocaine, epinephrine, Methergine, Oxygen, antibiotics, Vitamin K(for infants) erythromycin ophthalmic ointment (infant).

Smooth Transitions is an example of a successful midwifery-led collaborative QI program designed to enhance the patient and caregiver experience by improving the process of hospital transfers from planned community-based births. Multiple stakeholders in Washington state are taking steps to promote respectful and efficient transfers and are working collaboratively to improve and grow the program. Data collection on the program's impacts is improving and ongoing, with a goal of publishing these results. By addressing community-to-hospital transfers as a multisystem issue, replication of the Smooth Transitions QI Program across the nation could promote increased community midwifery integration, thus enhancing the transfer experience for all involved.