Resources

Get Help Now:

• National Suicide Prevention Hotline: Call 988

• Washington County Mental Health 24/7 Screening & Emergency Services: 802-229-0591

• Call or Text 1-833-852-6262 to speak with a trained counselor at the National Maternal Mental Health Hotline

• Black Emotional and Mental Health Collective hotlines

• Native Crisis Text Line: text the word “NATIVE” to 741741

• Trans Lifeline: 877-565-8860

• LGBT National Hotline: 1-888-843-4564

Find a Trained Perinatal Provider:

• Washington County Mental Health: Counseling & Psychological Services

• Call Help Me Grow VT at 211 x 6 for support finding a mental health provider

• Vermont Birth Network: Mental Health Support

• Hayden Elmendorf at Little Moon Counseling, LLC, LBGTQ+ oriented perinatal counseling in Central VT

• Dr. Sandra Wood, Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner (requires a referral from your PCP, OB or Midwife)

• Dr. Sara Guth, Pediatric Psychiatrist (also sees perinatal adults, requires a referral from your PCP, OB or Midwife)

• Leave a confidential message on the Postpartum Support International hotline and receive a call back from a trained volunteer, services available in English & Spanish: 1-800-944-4773

• Text Postpartum Support International: Text in English: 800-944-4773
  Text en Español: 971-203-7773

• Postpartum Support International app: connections to helplines, info, and support groups

• PSI Provider Directory: includes options to specify Providers of Color and LBGTQ+ friendly providers

General Community & Peer Crisis Support Resources:

• Indigenous People's Directory: Crisis Services

• Project LETS Crisis Peer Support. & resources for friends and loved ones

• Fireweed Collective Crisis Toolkit

• The Doula Project: free doula care for people receiving or eligible to receive services from WCMHS. To enroll, contact Maria at 802-522-8637.

• Good Beginnings of Central Vermont: volunteer postpartum care, classes and gatherings.

• Good Beginnings of the Upper Valley

• UVM Volunteer Labor Doula Program: if you are giving birth at UVM, ask about this program and request that the on-call doula join you as soon as possible when you arrive at the hospital.

• Murphy Barney at Muungas Doula Services

• Greer Sargeant at Postmodern Doula

• Heather Gallagher

• Sarah Teel, sarahteel@gmail.com

• Kristin Martins at The Birthing Trail

• Maria Rossi & The Doula Project at Washington County Mental Health

• Mary Etna Haac & Kathy Wohlfort at LifeTree Birth Care

• Sarah Beauchamp at Birth Smiles

• Emily Piazza at Nourished Journey

• Laura Pascoe

• Vermont Birth Network

• Upper Valley Doula

• All Genders Birth Course with Moss Froom

• Evidence Based Birth courses with Mary Etna Haac

• Virtual Evidence Based Birth Course Directory including BIPOC & LGBTQ+ instructors and courses with specific cohort focus (for example, IVF, solo parents, VBAC, etc!)

• Childbirth Ed with Greer Sargeant

• Childbirth Ed & Lactation Courses with Kristin Martins

• Childbirth Ed, Prenatal Yoga & Movement, and Pelvic Floor classes with Amy LePage

• Infant Care & Postpartum Prep course & Babywearing Clinics with Good Beginnings

• How to Support your Friends through Pregnancy & Postpartum with Moss the Doula

• Murphy Barney, Muungas Doula Services

• Greer Sargeant, Postmodern Doula

• Heather Gallagher

• Threshold Community Midwives

• Postpartum Support International Support Groups: Apoyo Perinatal (Spanish-language), Black Moms Connect & Desi Chaat for South Asian Moms

• Perinatal Mental Health Alliance for People of Color & Provider Directory

• BEAM: Black Emotional And Mental Health Collective

• National Queer & Trans Therapists of Color Network

• Birth Bruja: Consultations for Survivors of Trauma

• Whole Body Pregnancy: Virtual BIPOC Childbirth Preparation

• Moss Froom: Trans-Affirming Perinatal Resource List

• Poppy Seed Health App

• Queer Doula Network

• Threshold Community Midwives: I love Emmy & Tessa! They offer homebirth, IUI, preconception care, and at-home pregnancy release care.

• 8generations Birth Services

• Vitality Homebirth

• Kristin Martins, classes and in-home support

• Central Vermont Home Health & Hospice

• Vicki Rich, IBCLC - Lamoille & Washington Counties

• Lisa Velasquez Kerns, IBCLC

• Alice Norris, IBCLC - Washington County

• WIC Breastfeeding Peer Support

• La Leche League of Central VT

• Bosom Buddies Support Group at CVMC

• Lisa Velasquez Kerns, IBCLC and Holistic Sleep Consultant

• The Possums Baby & Toddler Sleep Program, founded by Dr. Pamela Douglas

• BASIS - Baby Sleep Information Source, founded by Dr. Helen Ball

• Emerging Minds Podcast: Insights on Infant Sleep with Dr Pamela Douglas

• Birthful Podcast: Infant Sleep Basics with Dr. James McKenna, former director of the Mother-Baby Sleep Laboratory

• Vermont Birth Network: Overnight Doula Care

• Barre, VT Capstone Foodbank (also have infant formula & menstrual pads)

• Vermont Foodbank Locations

• 3Squares (VT Foodstamps) Application & Support

• WIC Vermont: food benefits, nutrition education, breastfeeding support, counseling and programs for pregnant Vermonters, parents and caregivers with children under 5.

• Hedding Methodist Church Diaper Bank, Tuesday-Friday: 9:00am-3:00pm at 40 Washington Street, Barre VT

• State-wide diaper bank locations

• Emily Piazza at Nourished Journey, registered intuitive eating dietitian and nutrition therapist, offering doula care, nutrition counseling, and virtual support groups

• Lisa Mase at Harmonized Living

• Sarah Shapiro at Greenheart Fertility, nutritional counseling for fertility

• Perinatal Harm Reduction: Resources for pregnant and parenting people who use drugs, their loved ones, and their service providers

• Recovery Vermont

• VT Helplink

• VT Cares

• VT Cares Mobile App: free to use, easy access to support, anonymous

• Circle of Washington County: find support if you are experiencing violence at home or with a partner, including long-term planning & support for parents

• Mosaic Vermont: support for people experiencing sexual violence and survivors

• Vermont Network: find anti-violence resources across the state