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14 Dec

2023 Community Champion: Maritza Raimundi-Petroski

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Posted December 14, 2023

"People are finally connecting the dots. They’re realizing that you can't address early childhood development without addressing trauma and systems of care that need improvement." - Maritza Raimundi-Petroski, Vice President, [...]

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19 Dec

AMAR Doula Program Celebrates Its First Graduating Class

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Posted December 19, 2019

With the support of the Burke Foundation, in early 2019 the Children’s Home Society of New Jersey (CHSofNJ) launched AMAR, a community-based doula program, to improve prenatal, labor, and postpartum [...]

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8 Jul

Insights into AMAR – A Community Based-Doula Program by Maheen K.

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Posted July 8, 2019

Early on a Saturday morning, I visited the Children’s Home Society of New Jersey in Trenton to sit-in on the seventh training session of AMAR, a community-based doula program. Having [...]

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10 May

CHSofNJ launches new community-based doula program AMAR

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Posted May 10, 2019

The Children’s Home Society of New Jersey (CHSofNJ) recently launched AMAR, a community-based doula program in Trenton. AMAR—which means ‘to love’ in Spanish—is the first Spanish-speaking community doula program in [...]

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