Doula Training Scholarship Open to Bi-Lingual Spanish Applicants

Brookings Health System is providing two scholarships to bi-lingual individuals who speak both Spanish and English for the upcoming birth and postpartum doula workshop, Jan. 31 and Feb. 1.

Each scholarship covers the $875 training fee, books and doula certification. Scholarship recipients promise to enroll as a doula with Brookings Health System to serve Spanish-speaking patients for at least two years. Applicants will need to pass a background check and other doula program requirements. 

Class instruction will be held in Brookings Hospital’s conference room A from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day. The workshop will provide hands-on education for providing physical and emotional support to birthing women and their families. The curriculum has also been approved by the South Dakota Department of Social Services for individuals wishing to enroll as a Medicaid doula provider in South Dakota.

Individuals interested in applying for the scholarship should email a letter of interest by January 15 to Obstetrics Director Michelle Sand at msand@brookingshealth.org.

About Brookings Health System

Brookings Health System, located in Brookings, South Dakota, includes a 49-bed hospital, the 79-bed The Neighborhoods at Brookview nursing home, Brookhaven Estates senior living apartments, Yorkshire Eye Clinic & Optical, and medical clinics in Arlington, White and Volga, South Dakota. It is a non-profit, city-owned facility that offers the community a full range of inpatient, outpatient, emergency and extended care services. Brookings Hospital provides local access to doctors in Brookings and offers robotic da Vinci surgery and Mako robotic-arm assisted procedures, making it one of the premier rural community hospitals in South Dakota. For more information about the services offered at Brookings Health System, please call (605) 696-9000 or visit us on the Web at brookingshealth.org.