Urban Baby Beginnings® is a Virginia-based nonprofit that developed the Maternal Health Hub & Resource Center Model—an innovative, community-driven approach that adapts Family Resource Center principles to maternal, infant, and family health. Through this model, we strengthen communities by connecting families with trusted support, healthcare partners, and coordinated services that improve outcomes across pregnancy, postpartum, and early childhood.

For generations, families have cared for one another through trusted relationships and community support—long before formal systems existed. We carry that legacy forward by ensuring every family has access to a place where support is welcoming, coordinated, culturally responsive, and rooted in the community.

Born from community roots and inspired by the wisdom of mothers, midwives, and families, Urban Baby Beginnings® developed a model that meets families where they are and walks alongside them from pregnancy through a child's third birthday. We partner with healthcare providers, community organizations, and local leaders to build strong Family Resource Centers, strengthen the maternal health workforce, and connect communities through innovative care coordination and shared systems of support. Our work has initiated legislation and informed a comprehensive funding package which includes hub expansion funded by the State of Virginia through the Perinatal Health Hub Pilot. 

Everything we do is guided by the values that define our work:

Full Commitment • Listen First • Dignity & Respect • Cultural Responsiveness • Community Voice • Reliability • Excellence

Because when families are connected to trusted community support, mothers, babies, and communities thrive.