Support Nurture's growth spurt!

Help build a community of support for Richmond's childbearing families

Imagine a world where there is easy and affordable access to trusted support, community connections, and educational services so parents raise healthy, secure children in a strong and connected community.

A world where families are nurtured from the start.

Nurture is building that community, and we're asking a few of our key partners to rally their friends, family, and networks to support Nurture's growth spurt so we can connect the dots for pregnant and new families. With your help we can ensure get families off to the best possible start into parenthood.

Nurture catalyzes systems level change in three key areas:

#RVAbreastfeeds - Since 2013, this collaborative effort has engaged multiple stakeholders to reduce childhood obesity through policy, infrastructure, and environmental changes that promote a breastfeeding-friendly community in Richmond.
Breastfeeding Real Talk - Culturally-appropriate infant feeding support led by lactation support providers trained in Lactation from the Black perspective (The B.L.A.C.K. Course) and Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorders.

Ecosystem Cultivation - Nurture hosts a combination of educational seminars, facilitated conversations, and community events where Perinatal Health and Early Childhood Stakeholders gather for peer learning and the cross-sector relationship building that are necessary for a healthy, connected, resilient perinatal health ecosystem.

Birth & Early Parenting Resource Directory - Nurture is creating an online repository of verified pregnancy and early parenting resources that will reduce organizational siloing, create a better networked maternal/infant health ecosystem, be a platform to reach the community, and help identify gaps in service.