EMBRACE is a culturally affirming, integrated perinatal care program that supports Black families through pregnancy, birth, and the postpartum journey. By bringing together medical care, behavioral health, lactation support, patient navigation, and community, EMBRACE creates a model of care where families are seen, heard, and supported every step of the way.
EMBRACE combines clinical excellence with culturally affirming care to support the whole family throughout pregnancy and beyond.
EMBRACE Group Prenatal Care provides affirming, whole-person support throughout pregnancy and into the postpartum period. Beginning with a referral at 10–12 weeks of pregnancy, participants receive integrated perinatal mental health care, patient navigation and resource linkage, lactation consultation, and fourth trimester support. Services continue through six months after delivery, with the option to extend care based on individual needs.
Quote iconOur families make a conscious choice to be in our program. They are saying yes to prenatal care that uplifts, ancestral traditions, and intuitive practices, they are saying yes to mental health support that is grounded in spiritual awareness, discernment self-determination and liberation.
Beginning with a referral during pregnancy, participants receive integrated mental health care alongside patient navigation and resource linkage, lactation consultation, and fourth trimester support.
After delivery and before an infant reaches six months of age, participants receive personalized mental health care alongside patient navigation and resource linkage, and lactation consultation. Services are available for up to six months, or until the child's first birthday, to support emotional well-being during the transition to parenthood.
EMBRACE provides compassionate support for individuals and families experiencing the profound grief of pregnancy or infant loss. Services are available following miscarriage, recurrent pregnancy loss, stillbirth, neonatal death, medical termination for maternal or fetal health reasons, or traumatic birth outcomes involving infant loss. Individuals may be referred within one year of their loss and receive personalized mental health care alongside patient navigation and resource linkage. Initial services are provided for up to 12 weeks, with the option to extend support for an additional 12 weeks based on individual needs.
Quote iconIt feels great to have a space where I know I can lay my armor down and not engage in a game of translation. I don’t have to look over my shoulder when I’m here. We can be Black, Queer, and accepted here.
EMBRACE Ongoing Support Villages provide welcoming spaces where families can build lasting connections, find encouragement, and thrive together through every stage of the parenting journey. From pregnancy through the early years of parenthood, our community-centered groups foster belonging, self-care, and shared learning in a culturally affirming environment.
SisterWeb is a network of culturally congruent community doulas and birth workers.
By collaborating with community midwives, doulas, lactation consultants, and others, Kindezi is able to offer a holistic approach to perinatal care, seamlessly integrating it with high-quality mental wellness support.
Empowers homeless and low-income families, particularly mothers motivated by pregnancy and parenthood, to find within themselves the strength and confidence they need to transform their lives.
Quote iconEMBRACE is for more than just surviving. It’s about thriving, about living, about being our full selves. We celebrate life. We celebrate family. We celebrate joy. Black joy. EMBRACE is unapologetically Black. It is a space where we can find respite, compassion, and safety through daily harms of living as a Black person. So when you think to yourself, what is their secret sauce? Why does EMBRACE work? It’s us.
Our interdisciplinary team brings together obstetricians, midwives, behavioral health specialists, lactation consultants, patient navigators, and researchers dedicated to providing compassionate, culturally affirming care.
