Our mental health focused course is designed to merge the traditional elements of having and caring for a newborn with equipping participants with the tools and skills needed to navigate the emotional, physical, psychological, and overall impact of this journey. In addition, our course is designed to meet the needs of both the birthing and non-birthing survivor parent(s).

Our Parent Support Mentors (PSM) are a team of survivor parents who act as peer mentors to offer support to new parents navigating both their individual healing and parenting. PSMs will go through training prior to taking on their role and then ongoing supervision throughout their time.

Hugging the Cactus is a parent/caregiver focused subcategory of Be The Bloom, the Cactus In Bloom Podcast. These special survivor to survivor conversations will offer parents the space to feel seen, to build awareness of skills and practices that can benefit their parenting, offer resources, and community.

In partnership with mission aligned organizations, CIB offers special events that center awareness/skill development, access to resources, and community building.

As the CIB team trains medical, mental health, and childcare providers across Los Angeles county, we are developing a resource list for parents/caregivers to utilize to choose care that is CSA-informed, trauma-reducing, and culturally humble.