Certification & certificate system

AUREA Maternal & Newborn Care Foundation

AUREA Maternal & Newborn Care Foundation is the Alliance's system for organizing course certificates, professional certification, and public registry records in maternal and newborn care.

AUREA supports clear standards, documented training records, and registry verification.

Foundation standard
The shared baseline for maternal and newborn-care preparation.
Certificates
Course completion records separated from professional certification.
Certification
Professional credential pathway with standards-based review.
Registry
Public registry verification with standards-based controls.
Foundation system

One named system for certificates, certification, and registry records.

The Foundation system clarifies what a course certificate means, what professional certification requires, and how a record can be verified publicly.

01 Foundation

Maternal & newborn-care baseline

Core domains for non-clinical support, newborn care, family education, safety, communication, and ethics.

02 Certificate

Course completion record

A certificate records completion of a defined program and preserves clear scope for families and institutions.

03 Certification

Credential pathway

Certification uses published criteria, assessment, ethics, and renewal controls.

04 Registry

Verification readiness

Record status, renewal, suspension, and revocation labels designed for public lookup.

Certification review staff examining standards documents and application materials
Foundation operations

A named system needs governed review, not loose course branding.

The Foundation system is designed around documented review, published criteria, and clear provider relationships throughout credential review.

  • Certificate and training-record review
  • Foundation competency mapping
  • Registry status and renewal controls

Foundation review workflow for standards, records, and registry integrity.

Why it matters

Postpartum care enters the home. Trust has to be visible before care begins.

Families often meet a doula during a vulnerable period. Training providers, employers, and health-adjacent institutions also need a clearer way to compare preparation. AUREA's work is to make the baseline visible.

Non-clinical support Foundation system Registry readiness Provider transparency
Standards documents and review materials on a desk
Choose your path

Built for families, professionals, and institutions.

Families

Understand what a postpartum or newborn-care professional's training means before inviting them into your home.

For families

Doulas

Follow the path from training to assessment, registry listing, ethics, and renewal.

For doulas

Institutions

Review the framework for workforce development, provider evaluation, and future payer-readiness education.

For institutions
Current status

Transparent by design.

AUREA publishes a transparent standards and registry framework so families, professionals, and institutions can understand preparation, scope, and accountability.

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Development roadmap

From standard to public registry.

2026

Founding community review

Open review of competencies, ethics language, provider criteria, and verification experience.

2027

Legal formation and governance

Independent board structure, conflict controls, public-comment process, and financial transparency commitments.

Beta phase

Foundation registry pilot

Limited pilot of assessment, renewal, and public verification before any full launch.

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Public review

Help strengthen the Foundation system.

AUREA's strongest signal is discipline: clear separation between course certificates, professional certification, public records, and renewal controls.

Read the standards

Review the competencies and the professional scope they describe.

Standards

Try verification

See how the public registry displays records and status changes.

Verify record

Join the review

Receive quarterly updates and comment opportunities as the framework develops.

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