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Online Auction 2016 – Call for Donations

August 5, 2016

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…

Recap of Joint Interim L&O Meeting

June 26, 2016

Mary Kathryn

News, Update

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On Friday, June 10, the Kentucky Home Birth Coalition was invited to present to the Joint Interim Committee on Licensing and Occupations. This committee is comprised of legislators who sit on the Licensing and Occupations Committees in both the House and Senate. During the interim period when the legislature is not in session, committees from both chambers meet jointly to learn about issues that will be presented in the coming session. About a dozen home birth supporters were present as…

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

June 3, 2016

Mary Kathryn

Events, Get Involved

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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…