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The Lasley family with Gov. Bevin

Kids at the Capitol

When home birthed babies grow into home birthed kids, the opportunities for legislative involvement and advocacy grow, too! During the 2016 and 2017 legislative sessions, not only did babes in arms come to Frankfort but older home birthed kids and siblings attended as well. These children were present at our committee hearings, participated in meetings with legislators, and some even served as legislative pages for a day! Both the Kentucky House of Representative and State Senate have legislative page programs.  You…

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Online Auction 2016 – Call for Donations

It’s Auction Time! Donations requested by September 15. Our most popular annual fundraiser is BACK! The Kentucky Home Birth Coalition will hold our fourth annual online fundraising auction October 1 – 8, 2016.  Proceeds from the online auction will provide a major funding source for our advocacy during the 2017 Kentucky legislative session.  We made substantial progress in 2016 toward our goal to license Certified Professional Midwives.  In 2015 our auction raised over $5,600. We are proud to invite you…

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KHBC to Present to the Joint Licensing & Occupations Committee on June 10

Read the recap of how this meeting went here. The 2016 legislative session may have ended, but our work to license CPMs in Kentucky has not ended. Kentucky Home Birth Coalition has been invited to present at the first meeting of the Interim Joint Committee on Licensing and Occupations.  The meeting will take place on Friday, June 10 at 10am EST in room 149 of the Capitol Annex. You are invited to attend! This meeting will be similar to our…

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