The Mission of the National Association of Certified Professional Midwives (NACPM) is to significantly increase women’s access to midwives by supporting the work and practice of Certified Professional Midwives.
As a professional organization, we are dedicated to maximizing the potential of the Certified Professional Midwife (CPM) credential, and the midwives who hold it, in order to increase the number of midwives available to adequately meet the needs of childbearing women. NACPM strives to ensure that CPMs will achieve their appropriate place in the delivery of maternity care in the United States.
To achieve these goals, NACPM:
- Seeks to remove barriers to the care and services of CPMs
- Educates legislators and policy makers about the practice of Certified Professional Midwifery
- Works to increase reimbursement for the services of CPMs
- Develops policy initiatives to increase recognition of the CPM on both the state and federal level
- Supports and encourages the legal recognition of CPMs in all states
- Encourages the use of the NACPM Standards of Practice in state licensing legislation
