View the below grants and scholarships available to childbirth professionals taking the Lamaze Certification Exam.
LCCE Educator Diversity Scholarships
We are proud to continue to offer our Lamaze Educator Learning Guide and LCCE Certification Exam scholarships to expand and better prepare our base of educators to improve safe and healthy births for everyone, everywhere. Our LCCE Diversity Scholarship application is currently closed. Application openings will be announced via email and on this webpage.
Lamaze Expand Equity Scholarship
The Lamaze Expand Equity Scholarship is a workforce development program that aims to recruit, train, and mentor individuals from under-resourced or historically marginalized communities to become Lamaze Certified Childbirth Educators (LCCEs). The intent of this scholarship is to promote a diverse childbirth educator workforce and to increase access to high quality, evidence-based childbirth education for families who are often not afforded reasonable access to maternity care.
Applications for the 2024 Scholarship are now open! Please note that your application must be completed in one sitting.
Trainees: Apply Now
It is critical to provide valuable childbirth education along with information and support to people who are at increased risk of poor perinatal and neonatal outcomes in the United States. The 2024 Lamaze Expand Equity scholarship will increase access to qualified educators in the areas that need it most. If you know a potential trainee or mentor who will be able to help the program achieve this goal, please let them know about this information and how to apply.
Mentors: Apply Now
Applications for trainees and mentors will close on Monday, October 21.
Expand Equity Recipeient Co-Horts
In 2023, five outstanding trainees have been awarded the Lamaze Expand Equity Scholarship : Essence Mack, April Hickman, Kayoua Yang, LeVaughn McPherson, and Taneka Purnell-Tingle. Five seasoned LCCEs served as mentors to accompany our trainees on their journey to LCCE certification and teaching childbirth education: Esther Kimani, Patricia Rangel, Robin Douthit, Barb Buckner Suárez, and Elena Carrillo.
In 2022, five trainees were awarded the Lamaze Expanding Equity Scholarship: Ericka Moore, Shaquan Dupart, Estefany Angele, Angel Glover, Denise Thomas. Seasoned LCCEs Robin Douthit, Elena Carrillo, Ambar Rivera, Patricia Rangel and Simone Toomer served as mentors for the program.