COMPASS PERINATAL FAMILY & COMMUNITY SUPPORT

Programs

1. In 2025 our grant funded program primarily focused on the following 3 programs; 1) Childbirth Education Classes - From May through November, we offered fourteen childbirth education classes-seven 8-hour Comprehensive Childbirth Classes and seven 4-hour Spinning Babies Birth Preparation Classes. These sessions provided pregnant individuals and their partners with evidence-based information, practical coping strategies, and tools to support both birth and postpartum experiences. During this period, we served 70 families, with 16 families attending both class types, resulting in a total of 86 class participants. Classes were held in downtown Silverton and at the Fostering Hope Initiative (Catholic Community Services) office in Salem. Based on current enrollment trends, we expect to continue reaching 8 - 13 families per month, keeping us on track to meet our goal of serving 150 families over the 18-month project period. To assess program impact, we ask class participants to complete a brief survey at the conclusion of each 8-hour class. Results consistently show strong gains among participants: 87% report increased confidence, 90% report improved knowledge, and 85% report enhanced…

   $18,326 spent
   63% of program spending

2. 2) THW Birth Doula Training - New Regional Partnership to Support Doula Workforce: We initiated a new partnership with Legacy Health aimed at expanding regional capacity for doula recruitment and training. We are currently forming an agreement under which our organization will provide training for doulas recruited by Legacy Health, in addition to maintaining our existing eight scholarship slots per cohort. Legacy Health has agreed to host our first two doula training cohorts in 2026 at its Silverton Hospital location. They have also offered access to the Family Birth Center for a hands-on skills day, allowing trainees to practice comfort and coping techniques in a clinical environment. This partnership strengthens regional doula workforce development, expands training access, and enhances the quality of experiential learning for trainees. In early 2025 we submitted our THW Birth Doula Training application (May 13), and on November 12 we received OHA approval. Despite our planning, the actual delay in OHA's approval timeline was much longer than anticipated. This caused a significant postponement of our doula training launch - an essential component of our initiative. Anticipating…

   $7,000 spent
   24% of program spending

3. 3) Perinatal Peer Support Groups - Our Pregnancy and Postpartum group attendance has stayed consistent in the past 6 months, with an average of 6-7 attendees weekly. We have welcomed new moms recently from WFMC Health. Their lactation consultant recently increased her hours seeing patients, giving Compass Perinatal the opportunity to work with her to help promote the support group to her patients. At the beginning of the summer we launched a monthly weekend family group. The premise of this group being an opportunity for partners to also connect with each other. This group has been well attended and we have had encouraging feedback. Our partnership with Doulas Synergy to host a monthly Perinatal Loss Grief Support Circle is going strong. In November the group moved locations from Salem Hospital to the Enlighten Healing Collective in West Salem. We had received feedback from attendees and people interested in attending that they were not comfortable at the current location. Our contacts at the hospital in L&D and CHEC were very understanding. We have recently recruited a bilingual peer facilitator for a Spanish speaking support group which was launched on Zoom in January 2026. We…

   $3,659 spent
   13% of program spending

The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $28,985.