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Get the professional tools and legislative advocacy you need to support California families.
CALM membership means you have the professional tools and legislative advocacy you need to support California families.
Member Benefits Include:
Ensuring the best possible legislation for California midwifery
through a proactive legislative agenda and lobbying activities
Resources to keep you up-to-date on the issues that impact you as a licensed midwife
including our newsletter and legislative updates
Making sure your voice is heard at the meetings that matter most
including representation at MAC, regulatory hearings, interested parties and MBC meetings
Coming Soon! Quality Improvement Program
California licensed midwives now have protected peer review under the umbrella of CALM, which is the foundation for CALM's quality improvement program. Details coming soon.
Licensed Midwife Badge
available ONLY to midwife members (Associate; Associate of Color; Licensed Midwife; Licensed Midwife of Color; Newly Licensed Associate; Newly Licensed Midwife), not students.
Click here to request your ID Badge.
Education on timely topics
to inform your midwifery practice
Tools to help families find you
including a listing on the CALM Find a Midwife page
Ask Me Anything monthly call
from “What’s up with current legislation?” to “Where do I order Rhogam?” (For new and seasoned midwives alike)
Continuing education
evidence-informed, based on the midwifery model of care
Discounts for your practice
including malpractice insurance, Rhogam and tele-medicine for your client referrals
COVID-19 Info for CA Midwives
Keep up-to-date with information curated specifically for community-birth providers in California.
Our initiatives in 2022-23:
- Gathering input, developing, and drafting VBAC guidelines
- Working with midwives from around the state to create a supportive, midwife-centered quality improvement program
- Developing a roster of professional CEU webinars
- Piloting Case Review under protected peer review for CALM members
- Developing CALM Transitions
Benefits designed to meet your needs, whether you are a new, seasoned, retired, or student midwife.
Associate Member
- Ask Us Anything Calls
- Discounts
- Ensuring Best Possible Legislation
- Making Your Voice Heard
- Qualifies for Birth Center Division Membership
- Continuing Education
- Webinars on Timely Topics
- Listing on the Find A Midwife Tool
- Licensed Midwife Badge
- COVID-19 Info for CA Midwives
- Resources to keep you up-to-date on the issues that impact you as a licensed midwife
Newly Licensed Midwife
- Ask Us Anything Calls
- Discounts
- Ensuring Best Possible Legislation
- Making Your Voice Heard
- Qualifies for Birth Center Division Membership
- Continuing Education
- Webinars on Timely Topics
- Listing on the Find A Midwife Tool
- Voting Rights
- Licensed Midwife Badge
- COVID-19 Info for CA Midwives
- Resources to keep you up-to-date on the issues that impact you as a licensed midwife
Newly Associate Member
- Ask Us Anything Calls
- Discounts
- Ensuring Best Possible Legislation
- Making Your Voice Heard
- Qualifies for Birth Center Division Membership
- Continuing Education
- Webinars on Timely Topics
- Listing on the Find A Midwife Tool
- Licensed Midwife Badge
- COVID-19 Info for CA Midwives
- Resources to keep you up-to-date on the issues that impact you as a licensed midwife
Licensed Midwife
- Ask Us Anything Calls
- Discounts
- Ensuring Best Possible Legislation
- Making Your Voice Heard
- Qualifies for Birth Center Division Membership
- Continuing Education
- Webinars on Timely Topics
- Listing on the Find A Midwife Tool
- Voting Rights
- Licensed Midwife Badge
- COVID-19 Info for CA Midwives
- Resources to keep you up-to-date on the issues that impact you as a licensed midwife
Retired Midwife
- Ask Us Anything Calls
- Discounts
- Ensuring Best Possible Legislation
- Making Your Voice Heard
- Qualifies for Birth Center Division Membership
- Continuing Education
- Webinars on Timely Topics
- Voting Rights
- COVID-19 Info for CA Midwives
- Resources to keep you up-to-date on the issues that impact you as a licensed midwife
Student Midwife
- Ask Us Anything Calls
- Discounts
- Ensuring Best Possible Legislation
- Making Your Voice Heard
- Continuing Education
- Webinars on Timely Topics
- COVID-19 Info for CA Midwives
- Resources to keep you up-to-date on the issues that impact you as a licensed midwife
Midwife Assistant
- Ask Us Anything Calls
- Discounts
- Ensuring Best Possible Legislation
- Making Your Voice Heard
- Continuing Education
- Webinars on Timely Topics
- COVID-19 Info for CA Midwives
- Resources to keep you up-to-date on the issues that impact you as a licensed midwife
Licensed Midwife
$200
- Ask Us Anything Calls
- Discounts
- Ensuring Best Possible Legislation
- Making Your Voice Heard
- Opportunity to Add a Birth Center Listing
- Continuing Education
- Webinars on Timely Topics
- Listing on the Find A Midwife Tool
- Voting Rights
- Access Legal Counsel
Newly Licensed Midwife
$100
- Ask Us Anything Calls
- Discounts
- Ensuring Best Possible Legislation
- Making Your Voice Heard
- Opportunity to Add a Birth Center Listing
- Continuing Education
- Webinars on Timely Topics
- Listing on the Find A Midwife Tool
- Voting Rights
- Access Legal Counsel
Associate
$200
- Ask Us Anything Calls
- Discounts
- Ensuring Best Possible Legislation
- Making Your Voice Heard
- Opportunity to Add a Birth Center Listing
- Continuing Education
- Webinars on Timely Topics
- Listing on the Find A Midwife Tool
- Access Legal Counsel
Retired Midwife
$50
- Ask Us Anything Calls
- Discounts
- Ensuring Best Possible Legislation
- Making Your Voice Heard
- Opportunity to Add a Birth Center Listing
- Continuing Education
- Webinars on Timely Topics
Student Midwife
$50
- Ask Us Anything Calls
- Discounts
- Ensuring Best Possible Legislation
- Making Your Voice Heard
- Opportunity to Add a Birth Center Listing
- Continuing Education
- Webinars on Timely Topics
For information on our financial hardship membership application, please email membership@calmidwives.org.