01
Navigate
Strengthening how families and trusted community professionals find and connect with maternal health resources.
An emerging maternal health initiative
Better paths to maternal health support.
EcoNest NJ is an emerging maternal health initiative working to strengthen how Black mothers find, navigate, and connect with trusted support throughout pregnancy, birth, and postpartum.
- Pregnancy
- Birth
- Postpartum
The opportunity
Support exists. Access isn’t always simple.
Across New Jersey, healthcare professionals, doulas, community organizations, advocates, and public programs are already doing important work. Yet families can still encounter:
- 01Fragmented resources
- 02Referrals that do not result in services
- 03Difficulty navigating complex systems
- 04Gaps in support across pregnancy and postpartum
EcoNest is exploring how to strengthen the connections between what already exists and the families who need it.
What we’re exploring
Three areas we’re exploring.
Emerging areas of focus shaped by conversations across New Jersey’s maternal health ecosystem.
02
Advocate
Developing practical tools and education that help Black mothers prepare for clinical conversations, ask questions, and make informed decisions.
03
Connect
Exploring stronger referral pathways and collaboration across community organizations, birth workers, healthcare systems, and public partners.
Current phase
We’re listening.Building.Testing.
EcoNest NJ is currently in its discovery and development phase. We’re speaking with maternal health professionals, advocates, community organizations, public health leaders, birth workers, and others across New Jersey to shape an approach that adds value to the existing maternal health ecosystem rather than duplicating it.
Interested in helping shape EcoNest NJ?
We’re currently inviting Black mothers, birth workers, maternal health professionals, advocates, and community partners to share their perspectives as part of our discovery process.
Share Your PerspectiveWhat we’re working toward
- Stronger navigation and referral follow-through
- Practical self-advocacy support
- Better tools for trusted community navigators
- Greater connection across the maternal health ecosystem
Stay connected
Help shape what comes next.
Whether you’re a mother, birth worker, healthcare professional, community organization, advocate, or simply interested in the future of Black maternal health in New Jersey, we’d love to keep you connected.
Join our community interest list to hear about updates as EcoNest grows.
Stay ConnectedWe’ll only reach out with occasional updates. No spam, ever.