I believe birth support should be accessible for everyone, so I use a tiered pricing model. This allows each person or family to identify what they are able to pay, and we can work together with mutual care and respect.
- Basic needs = food, housing, transportation.
- Expendable income = coffee shops, brunch, new clothes, new games.
I use a modified form of the Green Bottle Sliding Scale, inspired by Alexis J. Cunningfolk to create this pricing model.
Bottle One: $1,500 – $3000
- I am comfortable and able to meet my basic needs*
- I may have some debt but it doesn’t prohibit attainment of my basic needs
- I own my own home or rent a higher end property
- I own a car
- I am employed
- I have access to financial savings
- I have expendable income*
- I can take vacations or afford time off of work if I get sick
Bottle Two: $1000 – $1,500
- I may stress about meeting my basic needs*, but still achieve them
- I have some debt
- I do not experience housing insecurity
- I own a car but struggle to cover its costs
- I am employed or self employed but work part time
- I have limited financial savings
- I have limited expendable income*
- I have to actively save in order to take a vacation
Bottle Three: Medicaid Coverage or $600 – $1000
If you are covered by Medicaid (and just Medicaid — no secondary policies), I can work with you at no cost via Everyday Miracles. EM connects birthing people with doula support, childbirth education, and carseat support.
- I frequently struggle to meet basic needs* and don’t always achieve them
- I have debt and it sometimes prohibits me from meeting basics needs
- I rent lower end properties or struggle to have stable housing
- I don’t have a car or struggle to afford fuel for a car
- I am unemployed or qualify for government assistance
- I have almost no expendable income*
- I have no financial savings
