Any pregnant or postpartum mom or birth giver may request a free care package for themselves that will ship directly to their home.

Any organization or agency who serves moms, birth givers, and infants may purchase care packages. Please email a request for each month you would like to purchase care packages.

Any currently pregnant or postpartum birthing person can receive a perinatal care package. Whether you find out today that you are pregnant, deliver your baby tomorrow, or have a 20-month-old, you are eligible to receive a care package.

What if I received a care package for a previous pregnancy or delivery?

That is okay! These care packages are not only for first-time mothers. They are for any pregnant or postpartum birthing person of any age, any number of births or deliveries, any demographic, and any location in the state of Georgia.

The perinatal care package includes a blood pressure monitoring system, compression socks, a breast pump, perinatal education information and other resources for families.  

If you ever have suggestions, things or items that would be helpful during the perinatal period, do not hesitate to send them to thecoalition@hmhbga.org with the Subject Line: Perinatal Care Package Suggestions.

The waiting time for a care package is about a month. You should expect to receive your care package by or before the 3rd week of the month following your request. For example, if you request a care package in June, you should expect to receive it by or before the 3rd week of July.

You should receive tracking information a few weeks or days before the package ships. Rely on your tracking information.

Organizations who have purchased a set of care packages must coordinate with Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies Coalition of Georgia to understand their wait-time.

If the order form is ever closed upon your visit to the site, review the landing page for project updates. Please see other FAQs for further information on when the order form re-opens.

If you receive tracking information about your care package, please use it to keep track of the items being sent to you. If you see labels have been created, but the care package has not shipped yet, rely on your tracking information to check the status. If you see that you received tracking information, but then see a cancellation, please wait to receive another email. If your labels were cancelled, they will be remade with the correct information.

Shipping labels for all care package orders are created a few weeks before the package ships. Note that the wait time for a care package is about a month. You should expect to receive your care package by or before the 3rd week of the month following your request

The care package order form for families usually opens on the 1st of every month, unless the 1st is a holiday or office closed day, such as a weekend or specially recognized holiday. During those occasions, the care package order form will open on the 1st official working day following the holiday, weekend, or office closure. The order form opens and closes very early. It is common that once the form opens between 7 am – 9 am on the 1st of the month, it also closes quickly after. Capacity is limited creating a high demand for requests.

Organizations purchasing care packages are able to submit an order request at any time via email only. However, production speed depends on the time of the month and coordination with Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies Coalition of Georgia.