Community Partnerships
Community Partnerships
Partnering with community members and organizations is at the heart of our work. Whether you are a fellow community-based organization, local business, health service, or anything in between, we want to partner with you!
Partner With Us
Examples of partnerships include in-kind donations of essential items for our Baby Boutique or Resource Fairs, financial sponsorship, and tabling or other opportunities at community events. To learn more, please read our Community Partnership Kit.
If your organization is interested in partnering with Open Arms, don’t hesitate to contact our Development Team.
Partner Spotlight
Tubman Center for Health and Freedom
The Tubman Center for Health & Freedom is bringing #MedicineToThePeople! Open Arms bridges gaps in perinatal care access, education, and support for families across the Puget Sound, but our families have a spectrum of needs and our mission intersects with many other community organizations in King County. Our community partners are at the heart of our work, and together, we are stronger in achieving our commitments to equity, access, and justice. The Tubman Center for Health & Freedom is one of these partners.
Partner Spotlight
Washington State Coalition Against Domestic Violence (WSCADV)
Open Arms’ providers work alongside domestic violence advocates from WSCADV to deepen the support of survivors and their families. This short film, Where You Are, We Are Here, uplifts this innovative partnership that supports survivors, their families, and communities to be safer, stronger, and more connected.
Our Community Partners
Open Arms is grateful for the generosity of our supportive partnerships. We are fortunate to partner with incredible community organizations and individuals to support communal access to resources, essential items, and educational opportunities. This is a non-exhaustive list of our community partners, funders, and sponsors.
Program for Early Parent Support (PEPS)
The Program for Early Parent Support (PEPS) helps parents connect and grow as they begin their journey into parenthood. PEPS parent support programs educate, inform and create community.
Seattle Public Library
The Seattle Public Library is the public library system serving the city of Seattle, Washington.
Tilth Alliance
Tilth Alliance promotes organic and sustainable practices using farms, gardens, and kitchens as classrooms where people from all backgrounds can learn to grow, prepare and eat food.
WestSide Baby
WestSide Baby meets the basic needs of children to promote safety, security & healthy development. They provide essential items to keep children safe, warm, and dry by collecting and distributing diapers, clothing, and equipment throughout Western King County.
Washington State Coalition Against Domestic Violence (WSCADV)
The Washington State Coalition Against Domestic Violence mobilizes member programs and allies to end domestic violence through advocacy and action for social change.
Community-based Perinatal Service Providers
BLKBRY
BLKBRY® is grounded in advocacy, decolonizing support care, trauma-informed care, gender-affirming care, size and disability inclusivity, and resourcefulness.
Center for Indigenous Midwifery
The Center for Indigenous Midwifery is focused on strengthening indigenous communities by honoring and reclaiming indigenous midwifery care and family support. The Center creates opportunities for culturally centered experiences for childbearing families, in addition to capacity building for the Indigenous Birthkeepers.
Global Perinatal Services
Global Perinatal Services’ mission is to provide community-based doula services that will educate, respect, and empower black, refugee, and immigrant families during pregnancy, birth, and into early parenting.
Hummingbird Indigenous Family Services
Hummingbird Indigenous Doulas and Family Services is a culturally responsive, full-spectrum, Indigenous doula program.
The Pacific Islander Health Board
The Pacific Islander Health Board seeks to care for and uplift Pacific Islander communities in a culturally relevant way. They offer perinatal services referrals, health insurance navigation, interpreter services, and health education, including vaccination community outreach.
Quilted Health
Quilted Health is building a model of care that centers around meeting the individual needs of each and every client, including those who have historically been underserved. This approach is at the core of our effort to improve outcomes for everyone.
Recent Funders and Sponsors
Wellpoint
Wellpoint, formally Amerigroup, is an American health insurance and managed healthcare provider that covers 7.7 million seniors, people with disabilities, low-income families and other state and federally-sponsored beneficiaries, and federal employees in 26 states, making it the nation’s largest provider of health care for public programs.
Best Starts for Kids
Best Starts for Kids is a King County voter-approved initiative to support every baby born or child raised in King County to reach adulthood happy, healthy, safe, and thriving. To date, Best Starts for Kids has served more than half of a million King County children, youth, young adults, and families in partnership with more than five hundred community-based organizations.
Molina Healthcare
Molina Healthcare provides managed health care services under the Medicaid and Medicare programs and through the state insurance marketplaces. Through its locally operated health plans, Molina Healthcare serves approximately 5 million members.
Public Health Seattle & King County
Protecting and improving the health and well-being of King County.
Seattle Human Services
The mission of the Seattle Human Services Department is to connect people with resources and solutions during times of need so we can all live, learn, work and take part in strong, healthy communities.
Washington State Department of Children, Youth, and Families
DCYF is the lead agency for state-funded services that support children and families to build resilience and health, and to improve educational outcomes.