Hermanowski Family Foundation Initial Request Form

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Organization Name: Transformed Birth Services
Legal Name (if Different): Transformed Birth Services, Inc.
Also Known As: TBS
Mailing Address: 3100 North 400 West
City: West Lafayette
State: IN
Postal Code: 47906
Main Phone: (765)237-2982
Main Fax: N/A
Organization Website: www.transformedbirthservices.com
Employer ID Number: 92-1565887
Organization Tax Status: 501(c)3

Proposal Information

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Today’s Date: 2/28/2025
Requested Amount: 10,000

Project Title: Birth and postpartum doula support for teenage mothers
Project Description:

Transformed Birth Services (TBS) is determined to decrease maternal health disparities. We provide birth and postpartum community doula support for underserved mothers in Tippecanoe County, Indiana.

For this project, TBS will collaborate with high school counselors and other local organizations in order to identify pregnant teenage mothers. TBS will help connect these mothers with community resources to help meet their needs. We will also address social determinants of health by ensuring easier access to nutritious food, transportation, and safe housing. A birth doula will help this young mother prepare for labor and delivery, attend the birth with her, bring her a care package (sanitary products, diapers, wipes, food, and lactation products), and check up on her during her postpartum time. If she needs further support, TBS will provide a postpartum doula to help her care for herself and understand how to care of her newborn. Postpartum doulas also keep a special eye on the mother’s mental health and provide further connection to resources if possible. Because the majority of the mothers we work with are low income, TBS helps cover the cost of lactation services, pelvic floor therapy, or perinatal mental health counseling.

Transformed Birth Services focuses on providing culturally sensitive support and can provide doula services in English, Spanish, Haitian Creole and Arabic. Our doulas are paid through nonprofit funding so that mothers who could not otherwise afford support have access to such life changing services. In this way we are able improve health outcomes for underserved mothers.

The depth of support that we provide for one woman goes deep. We become very involved in their lives and are able to help in ways that make significant impacts. Thank you for considering our organization.

Total Project Budget: 20,000

Other Funding
Sources For The Project (Committed & Potential): Tippecanoe County Health Department

Project Duration: 2026
Geographical Area Served: Tippecanoe County
Age Group To Be Served: 13-19

Contact Information

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Contact Prefix (Mr,Mrs etc.): Mrs.
Contact First Name: Lindsay
Contact Last Name: Mputubwele
Contact Title: Executive Director
Contact Phone: (765)237-2982
Contact Email: lindsay@transformedbirthservices.com