“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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AMAR Doula Program Celebrates Its First Graduating Class
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 […]
Insights into AMAR – A Community Based-Doula Program by Maheen K.
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 […]
CHSofNJ launches new community-based doula program AMAR
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 […]