Our Programs

Welcoming a new baby into your family can be emotional. It is a transformative experience not meant to be dealt with alone. With care and compassion, our trained volunteers provide companionship, guidance, and support to mothers and infant caregivers during the vulnerable and precious time with their baby.

Many Mothers provides 36 hours of in-home support for a 12-week period. Families must enroll their baby by the age of 6 months. Many Mothers will provide a village so that your family will experience less stress and have an extra pair of hands when caring for a new baby.

Please use our referral form to start the process.

Maternal Mental Health Program

Many Mothers now offers an inclusive Postpartum Mood and Anxiety Disorders Program designed to help pregnant women and recently postpartum mothers navigate the challenging emotional landscape that can follow childbirth.

This evidence-based program offers a safe space for exploration, healing, and connection through peer support groups, individualized therapy sessions, and educational workshops led by mental health professionals specializing in maternal health.

Available to pregnant moms and postpartum women up to 12 months.

Lactation Support

Lactation support is offered through weekly drop-in hours where any mother in any phase of her breastfeeding journey can come to get private, individual support. There is also a monthly class for women who are currently pregnant. The goal of this class is to support women in the prenatal period in learning about the various benefits of breastfeeding and most importantly, how to get off to a strong and successful start once the baby is born. Prenatal consultations and home visits are available if needed. For dates and times, visit our calendar.

Navigation

The Navigation Program connects families to long-term solutions that support positive familial outcomes. Many Mothers has a strong network of community partners that can support families after they age out of our programming.

Available to pregnant moms and postpartum women up to 12 months.

In addition, the City of Santa Fe and Santa Fe County offer this resource guide for families.

The following programs are available at Many Mothers Family Center, located in Santa Fe. At the Family Center, we provide same-day drop-in assistance.

Referrals are not needed to access offerings at the Family Center. Please see eligibility requirements below for specific opportunities and please visit our Family Center page for hours of operation.

Any eligible New Mexico family is welcome to visit our Center.

BASIC NEEDS

The following Basic Needs programs provide tangible resources to pregnant women and families with children up to 3 years old.

• Baby Needs: With support through Baby Needs, families can receive diapers (available sizes include preemie to size 6), wipes, baby food, and infant hygiene products.
• Farm-to-Families: Through Farm-to-Families, we provide mainly organic meat, vegetables, and fruit to pregnant as well as breastfeeding moms, infants, and their families.
• Village Closet: The Village Closet offers baby clothes, infant equipment and supplies, postpartum maternal supplies, toys, and books. A selection of maternity clothing is also available.

SAFE SLEEP

Our Safe Sleep Program promotes current safe sleep practices. We utilize the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)’s Safe to Sleep campaign model to provide research-based education that is proven to reduce the incidence of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) in our community.

Our Safe Sleep program offers free cribs to eligible families, quarterly informational lectures and discussions with a Certified Child Sleep Consultant as well as one-on-one Safe Sleep education for parents. Our informational sessions are open to all families, and our cribs are available to families with infants up to 6 months old.

Emergency Support

Through our Emergency Support program, we are able to provide emergency financial assistance to prevent occurrences such as evictions and utility shut-offs. Through this program, we also provide infant formula as well as necessary baby equipment that we do not have in stock at our Center.

Golden Caregivers Program / Teen Parent Program

At Many Mothers, we understand that very young as well as older caregivers may face additional obstacles when caring for an infant or toddler. Please reach out to Many Mothers and our staff will guide you through additional opportunities we have available for you.

Caregivers Meetup Group

The purpose of this group is to connect, hold space for one another, and to strengthen the new caregiver network within Santa Fe. This group is for Many Mothers past and present participants of our Maternal Support Home Visiting Program. If you are interested in enrolling and/or learning more, please email Marissa Visscher at marissa@manymothers.org.

Caregivers Helping Caregivers

Are you a new mom/caregiver interested in teaching a class at The Family Center? Many Mothers is pleased to offer our Caregivers Helping Caregivers experience. For more information, please visit here.