Local Resources
Perinatal Support Washington (PSI)
Offers warm phone line, support groups, and local resources for parents suffering with depression, anxiety or other perinatal mood disorders
Formerly known as Postpartum Support International of Washington, PSI offers resources for perinatal mood disorders including anxiety and postpartum depression.
Open Arms Perinatal Services
A local nonprofit providing doula support for low income families
Open Arms offers low income families strong community-based support through pregnancy, birth and postpartum. They have provided services to pregnant people and their families in the Puget Sound area since 1997.
A networking resource that links POC families to birth services by providers of color.
Birth for the People is a directory of midwives, doulas, herbalists, lactation specialists, fertility specialists, childbirth educators, perinatal mental health specialists, birth photographers and other birth workers of color in the Puget Sound region.
Within Reach
Contact for more information on financial assistance with healthcare, food or other services
Within Reach connects families all over Washington with resources including Medicaid, CHIP, Basic Food and WIC.
Parent Trust for Washington Children
To register for local parenting and childbirth classes
Founded in 1978, Parent Trust offers classes all over the Puget Sound that cover pregnancy, childbirth preparation, newborn care, skills for new dads, infant health and safety, and more.
The Simkin Center
A resource for local doula trainings or other continuing education
The Simkin Center for Allied Birth Vocations at Bastyr University has educated and inspired leaders in the childbirth professions since 1988. In-person, online and hybrid workshops include education for birth and postpartum doulas, lactation educators, childbirth educators, perinatal support group facilitators, pregnancy and infant massage, and continuing education for birth professionals.