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This Mother's Day, support the AABC Foundation!

April 9, 2012
The AABC Foundation is running a Mother's Day campaign, and they need your help to support it! What better way to celebrate Mother's Day than to support an organization that works for mothers every   » READ MORE

SBA offers Data Resources tool

March 20, 2012
The US Small Business Administration (SBA) has announced a new tool to make research simpler for small businesses. Birth Centers might benefit from checking out the Small Business Data Resources and   » READ MORE

Birth Center Featured at Obama Administration's Announcement of the Strong Start Funding Initiative

February 8, 2012
HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius held a briefing at the DC Developing Families Center and Family Health & Birth Center to announce more than $40 million in grants to test ways to reverse the   » READ MORE

Mark Your Calendars for Exciting AABC Events in 2012

December 15, 2011
We are proud to announce our bigger and better conference and workshop schedule for 2012! This year, there will be five How to Start a Birth Center Workshops, two Practical Techniques to Support   » READ MORE

CDC Recognizes Women's Health and Birth Center for Outstanding Care

December 7, 2011
The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) National Survey of Maternity Practices in Infant Nutrition and Care (mPINC) Benchmark Report awarded a near perfect score of 98% to the Women's Health and Birth   » READ MORE

Rally your friends and families for birth centers

December 7, 2011
According to new U.N. data, maternal mortality in the U.S. has worsened, falling from 41st to 50th in the world. In other words, women in the U.S. face a greater risk of maternal death than women in   » READ MORE

Help make Birth Centers Available to More Women

April 15, 2011
It seems that the only work Congress is doing relates to repealing the Health Care Reform mandates and budget cuts.  BUT much more is happening in DC.  Congress is passing bills that are   » READ MORE

Dates Set for 2012 How to Start a Birth Center Workshops


January 20-21, 2012 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.  This workshop is reserved for students only. April 13-14, 2012 in Tucson, Arizona. June 29-30 in Danbury, Connecticut August 10-11 in St Paul   » READ MORE

Director of KDHE Talks Birth Centers with New Birth Company

January 23, 2012
On December 28th, Dr. Robert Moser, the director of the Kansas Department of Health & Environment, met with the professionals at New Birth Company in Overland Park, KS. New Birth Company is an   » READ MORE

Guaranteed Medicaid Payment for Birth Centers Signed Into Law by President Obama

March 31, 2010
Birth Centers celebrate as the Health Care Reform Bill will guarantee facility fee payments to birth centers all over the US.  This bill will have far reaching benefits to sustainibility of   » READ MORE