In order to reduce barriers for Black and Indigenous/Aboriginal families looking specifically for Black and Indigenous/Aboriginal doulas, we added an additional search option on our More Search Options page. Families can now search for Black and Indigenous doulas who serve their geographic location.
We've added a Languages Spoken section to this page so doulas can select which languages they speak. Prospective clients will now be able to search for doulas by language on this page. Please update your profile to include the language(s) you speak, even if it's only english. This will help populate our list of languages. Right now, the languages you see are the 25 most common languages spoken in the US and Canada. However, we know doulas and parents speak more languages than what's on this list.
Because the active COVID-19 virus will financially impact so many people in our communitites, we want to do our part to relieve any stress or worry about remaining active on DoulaMatch.net while COVID-19 social distancing requirements are in effect. After June 1st, we will re-assess and continue to extend profile expirations until social distancing requirements have been lifted.