The California Birth Equity Link

The California Birth Equity Connect is a comprehensive data tool to help leaders and decision-makers better understand the birth equity landscape at the state and local levels. Led by the California Coalition for Black Birth Justice, the California Birth Equity Connect (the Connect) is a powerful resource to examine the critical infrastructure and policy landscape that advance birth justice.

Unlike other data platforms that elevate quantitative data about pregnancy and birth the Connect was created to help advocates, policymakers, philanthropy, researchers, governmental bodies, and many others make informed programmatic, policy, and funding decisions. It is also designed to help build stronger, more intentional collaborations, increase the birth justice movement’s collective impact, and support increased infrastructure where it is needed across state.  The California Birth Equity Connect can help clarify key questions, such as:

1. Geographic reach: Where are Black birth equity- impacting organizations located across the state? What regions need more organizational presence?
2. Strategic Approaches:  How are Black birth equity- impacting organizations approaching their work? What methods are most common, and which are least common?
3. Policy Successes and Opportunities: What legislation has been proposed or passed that impacts birth equity? What is missing or needed? 

For further analysis download our  State of Black Birth Equity in California 2025 Report