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Health — Community — Government — Virginia Government — Birth in Color RVA — Urban Baby Beginnings — Virginia MOMnibus Act — Black maternal mortality — maternal health — VDH

These Black maternal health groups laid groundwork for perinatal grants, then they were left out

The state-piloted program is supporting four organizations in an effort to boost maternal health outcomes and fill access gaps around Virginia

, and Charlotte Rene Woods, Virginia Mercury

May 5, 2026 . 1:24 PM

7 min read

Dana Williams, top, and Khalyson McDuffie are doulas with Birth in Color, a Virginia group that offers doula services for pregnant patients of color and training for local maternal health care workers to combat racial bias. Here, they participate in a doula simulation training session. (Photo courtesy of Kenda Denia/Birth in Color)

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