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Founder of The Parent Collective describes prenatal classes, national expansion and ties to paid-leave advocacy
Summary
Jessica Hill, founder of The Parent Collective, tells the CT Paid Leave podcast that the nonprofit runs four-week neighborhood prenatal classes to build local support for expectant parents; she said the program has grown to 15 locations and is expanding nationally.
Jessica Hill, founder of The Parent Collective, described a neighborhood-based prenatal education series that pairs expectant parents by due date and location to form ongoing support networks.
On the CT Paid Leave podcast, Hill said the Parent Collective’s classes run about four weeks and teach labor preparedness and newborn care while helping participants “build local connections that will see them through that transition to parenthood.” The format, she said, groups participants by neighborhood and due date so new parents form…
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