Omaha Better Birth Project provides Birth Doula and Postpartum Doula Grants to low-income and teen families in the Omaha metro area.
NOTE: Families who wish to have a Birth AND Postpartum doula must apply for BOTH grants. Receiving a birth doula grant does not enroll in or award the family a postpartum doula grant, or vice versa.
Birth Doula Grants
Omaha Better Birth Project awards Birth Doula Grants to low-income and teen families in the Omaha metro area.
The current grant value is $1,400 to be used toward toward the purchase of labor support services from any professionally certified doula serving the Omaha metro area.
Eligibility:
- Must EITHER (1) meet the low-income criteria per the Nebraska WIC guidelines OR (2) be 19 years of age or less, AND
- Must be planning to birth in the Omaha metro area
- Must be between 15 and 32 weeks pregnant
Requirements:
- Grant recipients are responsible for signing the grant agreement and submitting proof of income and identification documents.
- Grant recipients are responsible for hiring a professionally certified birth doula of their choice, ensuring the doula’s availability for the recipient’s estimated due date.
- Grant recipients are responsible for any cost of the hired doula beyond the grant value of $1,400.
- Grant recipients must notify Omaha Better Birth Project of their selected doula.
- Grant recipients must agree and commit to any contracts or agreements between the doula and themselves.
- Grant recipients must agree to complete a postpartum follow-up survey from Omaha Better Birth Project about their birth experience, outcomes, and the grant process.
Our Birth Doula Grant Application is currently closed for 2025.
For questions, please email our Grants Program Coordinator at becky@omahabetterbirth.org.
Postpartum Doula Grants
Omaha Better Birth Project awards Postpartum Doula Grants to low-income and teen families in the Omaha metro area.
The current grant value is $1,200 to be used toward toward the purchase of postpartum support services from any professionally certified doula serving the Omaha metro area.
Eligibility:
- Must EITHER (1) meet the low-income criteria per the Nebraska WIC guidelines OR (2) be 19 years of age or less, AND
- Must be pregnant and planning to birth in the Omaha metro area, OR
- Must be less than 12 weeks postpartum
Requirements:
- Grant recipients are responsible for signing the grant agreement and submitting proof of income and identification documents.
- Grant recipients are responsible for hiring a professionally certified postpartum doula of their choice, ensuring the doula’s availability for the recipient’s estimated due date.
- Grant recipients are responsible for any cost of the hired doula beyond the grant value of $1,200.
- Grant recipients must notify Omaha Better Birth Project of their selected doula.
- Grant recipients must agree and commit to any contracts or agreements between the doula and themselves.
- Grant recipients must agree to complete a postpartum follow-up survey from Omaha Better Birth Project about their birth experience, outcomes, and the grant process.
For questions, please email our Grants Program Coordinator at becky@omahabetterbirth.org.