Heightened Public Awareness of the Profession

• Greater professional recognition and identity
• National marketing campaigns to make the public more aware of midwives and midwifery.  Visit RealSavvyMoms.com.
• Consumer resources such as myMidwife.org and GotMom.org
• Marketing of the profession to health care tradeshows, such as the American College of Obstetricians & Gynecologists and, new for 2007, the National Student Nurses Association meeting
• Our Department of Global Outreach extends the mission with training and advocacy programs around the world

• Liability insurance from Contemporary Insurance Services, Inc.
• Consultative assistance on employment practices, clinical practice issues, billing and reimbursement issues, and quality of care issues
• Guidance on regulatory and institutional accreditation issues
• National representation with relevant external health agencies
• Practice publications, such as QuickInfos, resource packets, clinical bulletins and position statements

• Input on important issues through the College's national office in Silver Spring, MD, just outside Washington, D.C. 
• Liaison with regulatory bodies such as CMS and HHS, as well as state regulatory agencies
• Speak Out for Midwifery, an interactive online tool that allows members to communicate with their federal and state policymakers, as well as the media
• Tracking and analysis of state legislation and regulations
• Access to Nurse-Midwifery Today, an online handbook summarizing the laws and regulations governing midwifery practice as well as summary tables
• Provide strategic consultation, issue briefings and state lobby day plans to ACNM chapters and their lobbyists
• Answer questions concerning state legislative and regulatory requirements and provisions
• PAC advocacy for nurse-midwifery causes with MIDWIVES PAC
• Lobbying on federal and state midwifery issues
• Coordination of grassroots efforts

• Engage federal funders to ensure that there is an adequate supply of CNMs/CMs
• Collaborate with the A.C.N.M. Foundation to fund student scholarships
• Printed materials, speaking engagements and exhibits aimed at recruiting nurses into the profession
• Development and maintenance of the Standards and Core Competencies
• Identification of sources for student scholarships and/or loan programs

Publications that inform and educate, such as:

• Journal of Midwifery & Women's Health, our official, peer-reviewed clinical journal, delivered six times per years and now with expanded online offerings
• Quickening, the official publication of ACNM, delivered four times per year
• The Advocate, a legislative and regulatory affairs newsletter from the Government Affairs Committee, MIDWIVES-PAC and the national office staff
• Quick eNews, a monthly e-newsletter for ACNM members 

• Reduced registration rates at the  Annual Meeting & Exhibit
• CEU Calendar
• JMWH Home Study
• Reduced registration fee for Continuing Competency Assessment program

• A 70% discount to the widely-read Green Journal
• Discounts on products available exclusively at ShopACNM.com
• Discounted room rates at Club Quarters Hotels

• Join a specialized interest group such as one of our Divisions or Committees
• Run for elected office
• Annual Awards recognizing ACNM members for their commitment and service, presented at the Annual Meeting.
• Participate in a local ACNM Chapter

• eMidwife discussion groups on more than a dozen clinical/practice issues, as well as groups for particular ACNM regions and committees
• Find-a-Midwife, a national midwifery practice locator service available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week via www.midwife.org 
• Member-only content, such as the Clinical Bulletin series and archives of Quickening
• MidwifeJobs.com - your online career databank
• Marketing tools

• Use of ACNM logo
• Archives to record historical contributions of CNMs/CMs and the ACNM
• Annual nurse midwifery practice and employment survey (Core Data Survey)