San Francisco Pregnancy Family Village
Pregnant San Franciscans and their families deserve easy access to all that they need to thrive. Whether you need services, connection or pampering, we’re bringing our one-stop-shop to your community.
Who We Are
We’re a group of SF city agencies, healthcare organizations and community based organizations committed to improving care access, experience and outcomes for Black pregnant residents and families in San Francisco. We do this by showing-up together, through community events, to provide a reliable one-stop-shop of offerings, built around the community’s stated needs, and engaging within environments that are uplifting, supportive and dignified.
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In-Person Events
Regular in-person ‘one-stop-shop’ events that equip pregnant residents with the resources they need.
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Community Focused
Organizations working together to empower pregnant and postpartumresidents and families in San Francisco.
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Compassion-Driven
Compassion for pregnant and postpartum residents and their families is at the heart of who we are.
Publications & Press
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Using human centered design to identify opportunities for reducing inequities in perinatal care
BMC Health Services Research
Malini A. Nijagal, Devika Patel, Courtney Lyles, Jennifer Liao, Lara Chehab, Schyneida Williams & Amanda Sammann
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The Family and Pregnancy Pop-Up Village: Developing a one-stop shop of services to reduce pregnancy care-related inequities in San Francisco
Birth: Issues in Perinatal Care
Malini A. Nijagal, Osamuedeme J. Odiase, April J. Bell, Alison M. El Ayadi, Schyneida Williams, Chloe Nicolaisen, Garrett Jacobs, Brandi Mack, Monique LaSerre, Chelsea Stewart, KaSelah Crockett, Patience A. Afulani
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KRON Channel 7 Morning News
SF Pregnancy Family Village & Hip Hop For the Future interviewed about their collaboration around SFPFV November & December 2024 events!
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Accessibility and acceptability of San Francisco’s Pregnancy Village model: a mixed-methods evaluation
NPJ Women’s Health
Osamuedeme J. Odiase, Alison M. El Ayadi, Malini A. Nijagal, April J. Bell, Kattia Suarez Vargas, Prisca C. Diala, Emma Kang, Chinomnso N. Okorie, Julia Viega, Ntemena Kapula, Garrett Jacobs, KaSelah Crockett, Patience A. Afulani
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Person-centeredness of the San Francisco Pregnancy Village model of cross-sector care delivery: A mixed-methods study
Women’s Health
Prisca C. Diala, Osamuedeme J. Odiase, April J. Bell, Alison M. El Ayadi, KaSelah Crockett, Malini A. Nijagal, Patience A. Afulani
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Building trust through collaboration: a mixed-methods evaluation of San Francisco's Pregnancy Village model of cross-sector care delivery
Archives of Public Health
Osamuedeme J Odiase, April J Bell, Alison M El Ayadi, Catherine Ravikuman, Kattia Suarez Vargas, KaSelah Crockett, Malini A Nijagal and Patience A. Afulani
We’ve launched our “2.0”!
In June 2024, we completed a 3 year pilot of our Pregnancy Village model through an event series called the “SF Family & Pregnancy Pop-Up Village”. We co-created this series with Designing Justice + Designing Spaces, utilizing their “Pop-Up Village” event model to bring our goals to life.
After engaging community and participating partners around learnings from our pilot, we launched our 2nd iteration of the Pregnancy Village in October 2025: The SF Pregnancy Family Village. Now in our 5th year, we continue to build on what we’ve accomplished, bringing community & organizations together, to go deeper with our goals.