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We're happy to hear that your CenteringPregnancy® group is back in person. Thank you for sharing your beautiful Centering space Family Health and Birth Center.
Thank you, The Diener School, for your generous donation of 500+ books to our Community of Hope families – and for your support of our new Family Health and Birth Center through the Kids for Kids Fund at The Giving Square!
Your collective acts of kindness will introduce the children of Community of Hope to wondrous new worlds through pages filled with imagination, but also ensure healthcare for thousands of children each year.
We hope you enjoyed your scavenger hunt exploring the new Family Health and Birth Center. You all are welcome back anytime!
Do you know an organization looking to donate books, school supplies, time, etc.? Visit
https://www.communityofhopedc.org/donate.
This time last week we were excitedly prepping for all the fun to be had at the Grand opening celebration for the expanded Family Health and Birth Center.
We want to send a big thank you to everyone who came out and made the day a success! A special thanks to Delia Goncalves from WUSA 9 for emceeing, Mayor Bowser for attending, along with the hundreds of neighbors, donors, patients, and volunteers.
Health. Fun. Music. Food.
Have you made your way to HopeFest yet? We are celebrating the grand opening of the expanded Family Health and Birth Center with a FREE, family friendly event, featuring live music, food, tours, giveaways, and more!
JOIN US!
Location: Family Health and Birth Center | 2120 Bladensburg Rd NE
Ribbon Cutting Ceremony: 10:00am
HopeFest: 11:00am to 4:00pm
Shout out to our future doctors!
Welcome to the new, expanded Family Health and Birth Center!
Community of Hope’s Family Health and Birth Center moved to 2120 Bladensburg Road to Washington DC's Langdon neighborhood in March 2022.
We are excited about this move and the opportunities our new location will bring to our dedicated team and patients. Our new space has more than doubled in size – allowing us to grow with our patient community.
We improve health for the whole family through medical care and emotional wellness.
Want to learn more about the new, expanded center? Visit communityofhope.org/healthcare/family-health-and-birth-center.
Call (202) 540-9857 for your first appointment!
We are so excited about the development of our new Family Health and Birth Center expected to open next year! Thanks, Gensler, for believing in our mission and your continued partnership.
Help Community of Hope vaccinate our community for COVID-19!
Community of Hope (COH) is seeking licensed medical professionals (e.g. MAs and RNs) as well as Nursing students to help vaccinate our DC neighbors. Volunteers will help with various steps in the vaccination process including administering shots, monitoring patients, and discussing medical histories and medications with patients. COH will provide training, PPE, and necessary supervision.
We are recruiting volunteers who can commit to a minimum of one (1) 4-hour shift per week for 6-8 weeks. Vaccinations take place at our Conway Health & Resource Center (Ward 8), Family Health and Birth Center (Ward 5), and Marie Reed Health Center (Ward 1) on Monday-Friday from 8:15am-4:30pm.
Please fill out this form if you are interested in participating in this opportunity, and our team will get back with you about the next steps.
https://bit.ly/2SJOyh9
Congratulations Ebony Renee and Community of Hope Family Health and Birth Center!
“The first $20 million investment, made in partnership with The Harbor Bank of Maryland, City First Bank and Partners for the Common Good, will provide critical funds to Community of Hope for the purchase, renovation and expansion of the Family Health and Birth Center. The facility—which will annually provide more than 5,800 patients with medical, dental and behavioral health services—is the only medical establishment with a labor and delivery unit serving the Northeast and Southeast quadrants of D.C. and helps nearly 400 women per year with prenatal care.”
A huge congratulations to Community of Hope's Family Health and Birth Center! As part of JPMorgan's newly announced racial equity initiatives, the Washington, D.C. birth center will receive a $20 million investment for renovation and expansion.
http://ow.ly/xhsX50DHPtB
We are so proud of our Director of Midwifery at Community of Hope’s Family Health and Birth Center, Ebony Marcelle, for her leadership and continued advocacy for the moms that we serve. As a former Duke-Johnson & Johnson Nurse Leadership Program Fellow 18’, Ebony was featured in a Center for Health Worker Innovation article, “Working Towards Social Justice Through Midwifery and Black Maternal Health Advocacy.”
Marcelle explains, “Cultural congruency is an important factor in helping folks feel safe” She further states, “If a clinic doesn’t create spaces for people to be seen and doesn’t have providers that patients feel comfortable with, then it doesn’t matter that the clinic exists. To engage in care, considerations need to be made for patients to feel safe, to work on past traumas, to provide integrated behavioral health services. Having a baby and expanding the family is a huge milestone. Our midwifery model is designed to provide that space.”
Read the full article to learn more about Marcelle and our midwifery model here -
https://chwi.jnj.com/stay-informed/working-towards-social-justice-through-midwifery-and-black-maternal-health-advocacy
For more information about our Family Health and Birth Center, visit
https://www.communityofhopedc.org/healthcare/family-health-and-birth-center
Check out the work that Ebony Marcelle, CNM, MS, FACNM, of member center Family Health and Birth Center is doing to address structural racism as a public health issue and provide supportive care to those that need it most.
“Cultural congruency is an important factor in helping folks feel safe,” explains Marcelle. “If a clinic doesn’t create spaces for people to be seen and doesn’t have providers that patients feel comfortable with, then it doesn’t matter that the clinic exists. To engage in care, considerations need to be made for patients to feel safe, to work on past traumas, to provide integrated behavioral health services. Having a baby and expanding the family is a huge milestone. Our midwifery model is designed to provide that space.”
Our President and CEO Kelly Sweeney McShane is live from our Family Health and Birth Center with the Mayor’s office discussing lessons learned from last year’s Maternal and Infant Health Summit and what you can expect from this year’s summit.
“Prenatal yoga is a grounding way to really bring yourself back and focus on you and your baby. That is ultimately what is important when you go into labor.” Read about the benefits of prenatal yoga and class offerings at our Family Health and Birth Center bit.ly/2IpVlGe
Did you give birth in 2017? Did you receive your prenatal care at the Family Health and Birth Center? If so, you might be eligible to participate in a 1-hour interview with a researcher who is interested in learning about how women choose where to receive prenatal care and give birth. Your perspective and experience can help other women receive the care they need and value. All eligible women who complete the interview and a brief survey will receive a $20 gift card in appreciation for their time. For more information please email
[email protected] or call (407)361-6267.
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