AAVE Doula Collaborative

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AAVE Doula Collaborative is a culturally competent and diverse organization delivering community-based doula trainings to serve BIPOC, marginalized, urban and or low-income families in an effort to eliminate preventable infant and maternal mortality.

Did you catch today's DOULAS & MCO’S QUARTERLY check-in? 👀 AAVE Doula Collaborative shared some amazing updates that wil...
08/25/2026

Did you catch today's DOULAS & MCO’S QUARTERLY check-in? 👀 AAVE Doula Collaborative shared some amazing updates that will be rolling out soon to support the doula community. Check out what's loading on slide ✌🏽 and follow us for more updates. As always, for doulas by doulas!

What's tea at AAVE Doula? AAVE Doula Collaborative wasn't an overnight decision. The foundation and how it should unfold...
08/20/2026

What's tea at AAVE Doula?

AAVE Doula Collaborative wasn't an overnight decision. The foundation and how it should unfold took years to create. We didn't want to release "just another doula training" for self gain or to fill seats with anyone applying because of grant obligations. In fact, our founder invested her own funds into launching AAVE, and in both the Teen4Teen Doula training and Perinatal Health Leader training pilot. We are now moving into the 2nd cohort for our teens community based doula training. While currently running the 2nd and 3rd cohort for Perinatal Health Leaders (full spectrum doula) trainings.

We started in May 2024, by January 2025, we've seen and continue to see many funders offer thousands to millions to other programs just to start something similar while we're already successfully doing it. However, that doesn't stop this moving doula train it just fuels it and adds to our resilience. AAVE Doula Collaborative was created to be an all inclusive one stop doula centered organization created by doulas for doulas. The organization has three divisions:

Division 1: Insurance & Business
Under this division we currently assist doulas with applying to NJ state Medicaid, navigate Medicaid billing systems, claims/billing technical support, MCO credentialing, maximizing reimbursement while creating a sustainable doula business. This division offers many individual services outside of the insurance and business workshops.

Division 2: Community Based & Full Spectrum Doula Training
Under this division we currently run a 8 week Teen4Teen and 14 week Perinatal Health Leader doula training. Anyone enrolled in these trainings automatically receives the add-ons from division 1. Our curriculum was created in house. By the time doulas complete our trainings, they have their births, CPR, childbirth education and lactation requirements most doulas need post training. All persons selected into our trainings are interviewed and carefully selected. Most importantly their learning doesn't stop at graduation as they automatically move into mentorship.

Division 3: Workforce Development & Opportunities

***See the 1st pinned comment for more info!

What does the T4T training entail? Students enrolled in our T4T training who successfully complete the 8 week course gra...
08/20/2026

What does the T4T training entail?

Students enrolled in our T4T training who successfully complete the 8 week course graduate as community based doulas. They complete hands-on prenatal, birth and postpartum experiences in one of our partnering hospitals. Upon completion they have the opportunity to enroll as Medicaid doulas and can start receiving compensation while working with their peers. This training is a good introduction for students interested in health and or will be applying to schools post high school with a health major.

AAVE Doula Collaborative is committed to changing the doula workforce in New Jersey one doula at a time! 🫂 🤗

Protecting your privacy shouldn't be a luxury! 🛡️✨As a doula, your work is in the community, not locked to a desk. But w...
07/31/2026

Protecting your privacy shouldn't be a luxury! 🛡️✨

As a doula, your work is in the community, not locked to a desk. But when websites or business documents force you to list an address, you shouldn't have to compromise your personal safety by using your home address.

At AAVE Doula, we live by our slogan: "For doulas, by doulas." We see you, we hear you, and we’re doing something about it!

We are officially gearing up to launch a one-of-a-kind service built just for your peace of mind. Introducing the AAVE Doula Virtual Address!

Get a real, professional location to protect your privacy, accept all your incoming mail, send you convenient notifications when mail arrives, and so much more. Stay tuned for official launch details! 🤗

Yesterday 7/29 AAVE Doula Collaborative welcomed many doulas across New Jersey trained by and or working for organizatio...
07/30/2026

Yesterday 7/29 AAVE Doula Collaborative welcomed many doulas across New Jersey trained by and or working for organizations like the former NJDLC, New Jersey Maternal & Infant Health Innovation Authority The Cooperative Partnership Maternal Child NJ Children*s Futures CHSofNJ ProDoula DONA International and MORE. Doulas and workers learned the basics of Medicaid process, billing with MCO systems, the new online doula assistant tool, the ffs application and the most requested service the BUSINESS OF BEING A DOULA.

We thank everyone for their attendance including our American Heart instructor, the doula team of NJ Department of Health and Doula Guide of DMAHS for providing hands-on assistance and training. The feedback we received has been amazing and we will definitely keep these events, workshops and services going as requested.

Until next time - thank you for trusting us to help you navigate this doula journey! ❤️

Be gentle with yourself. This work can and will be challenging at times, but it is worth it. Do not put too much pressur...
07/24/2026

Be gentle with yourself.

This work can and will be challenging at times, but it is worth it. Do not put too much pressure on yourself as a doula. The industry already does enough of that.

Remember, you cannot pour from an empty cup. Do not bleed yourself dry. If no one has told you today:

❤️ You are doing an awesome job.
❤️ Thank you for being a part of the change.

Keep doulaing, babes. You got this!

AAVE Doula Collaborative

In less than a week we'll be getting together with some awesome doulas who serve New Jersey families. This Doula Busines...
07/23/2026

In less than a week we'll be getting together with some awesome doulas who serve New Jersey families. This Doula Business Day will be filled with valuable Medicaid information and starter resources for a doula business.
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***PRE-REGISTRATION*** for this event was required to not exceed capacity. At this time, the event is sold out!

HIGH SCHOOL DOULA TRAININGA question we often receive regarding our AAVE Doula Collaborative high school doula training....
07/18/2026

HIGH SCHOOL DOULA TRAINING

A question we often receive regarding our AAVE Doula Collaborative high school doula training. How were they able to mentally and emotionally handle births?

Answer: The students in our high school doula training were health majors preparing for college. They also learned a great amount of knowledge, hands-on skills including unfortunate situations such as death or other barriers from us before entering the hospital. The students witnessed an infant mortality, a mother in labor detained by ICE, and experienced a mother with HIV. In every scenario they handled themselves well, the nurses loved them and the families appreciated them. Of course they were nervous but their excitement and passion to learn overruled those feelings. They didn't just stand in rooms looking they physically assisted. Shout out to the A1's Butta the Holistic Doula & Deanna Montenegro, CD-L who assisted and supported them in their hospital rounds. 🙏🏽✨️

(Permission was given for all photos.)

07/18/2026

I heard Netflix US was looking for me? Here I go! 👋🏽🤎 I'm ready to tell my story! 👀🙏🏽🙃

Just doulaing outside, inside and all around. Thank you Central Jersey Family Health Consortium for having AAVE Doula Co...
07/18/2026

Just doulaing outside, inside and all around. Thank you Central Jersey Family Health Consortium for having AAVE Doula Collaborative at your Bump, Baby & Beyond event and including our President as a panelist. 🌟

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PO Box 1313
Newark, NJ
07101

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Monday 9am - 3pm
Wednesday 9am - 3pm

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