LaSaaun Lives Foundation
What We Do
We support families before, during and beyond birth, and we work alongside communities and systems so that support reaches families sooner.
LaSaaun Lives Foundation is a family-founded nonprofit serving San Francisco and the greater Bay Area. Our work brings together father and partner engagement, pregnancy and postpartum support, pregnancy and infant loss remembrance, family wellness, resource navigation, prevention education and advocacy, because families don’t live these experiences separately.
Who our work reaches
For families, communities and systems
For families
Information, presence and practical support through pregnancy, birth, postpartum and loss, with fathers and partners included from the start.
For communities
Gatherings, workshops and remembrance spaces where families can heal and be seen, and trusted resources that are easier to find.
For systems
Father and family voices, grounded in lived experience, brought into maternal-health and stillbirth-prevention conversations, and partnerships with the organizations that serve families.
Six areas, one family
Our work
Each area below connects to the others. A family may come to us during pregnancy, after a loss, or while looking for help with everyday needs. Wherever they begin, we try to meet the whole family.
Pregnancy, Birth & Postpartum Support
We help families feel informed and supported from pregnancy through the postpartum season. We share information and education, encourage families to ask questions and speak up in their care, and connect them with trusted community and healthcare resources.
Father & Partner Engagement
Pregnancy changes the whole family. We help fathers and partners understand how to support their partner, prepare for the baby, manage their own stress, communicate and stay present. We also make room for fathers’ own emotions and grief.
Presence Is the Intervention™ is LLF’s guiding belief that informed, grounded and intentional father and partner engagement can strengthen families before, during and beyond birth.
Our S.H.I.E.L.D. Framework helps fathers strengthen the environment surrounding pregnancy, birth, postpartum recovery and early parenthood.
Fatherhood Wellness & Stabilization
- Strong & Silent Fathers Initiative
- The Roots of Presence: A Fatherhood Wellness & Stabilization Activation Lab
- Rooted in Strength™: A Father’s Guide to Pregnancy & Beyond
Pregnancy & Infant Loss: Remembrance & Bereavement
When a baby dies, that baby’s life and their family’s grief deserve to be acknowledged. We create spaces where babies’ names are spoken and remembered, and where families are surrounded by community.
Programs and initiatives
- The Wings of Remembrance Wall and Wings of Remembrance gatherings
- Steps of Remembrance, an ongoing remembrance initiative
- Wave of Light San Francisco, joining families around the world each October 15
- Healing Hearts offers compassionate remembrance, grief support and connection for families navigating pregnancy and infant loss.
Blessing Box Program
Compassionate care packages created for families after pregnancy or infant loss. Depending on availability, each box may include grief literature, an affirmation jar, baby gown, plush keepsake blanket, aromatherapy candle, reflection journal, remembrance keepsakes and practical healing resources. Every box is offered as a tangible expression of care—a reminder that the baby is remembered and the family is not alone.
Family Wellness & Stabilization
Stress, grief and big transitions affect the whole household. We share mindfulness, emotional-wellness and practical tools for the whole family, and help families connect with support that can bring more stability to daily life.
Community Resource Navigation
Finding help shouldn’t mean searching through dozens of disconnected systems. Our Rooted in Strength™ Father & Family Resource Hub brings trusted San Francisco and Bay Area resources together in one place.
When a family needs support beyond LLF’s direct services, we help identify appropriate resources and make trusted connections whenever possible.
Advocacy, Prevention Education & Partnerships
Families are shaped by the systems that serve them. We bring father and family voices, grounded in lived experience, into maternal-health and stillbirth-prevention conversations.
We share prevention education with families and communities, including stillbirth awareness and pregnancy warning signs. And we work with community organizations, healthcare systems, fatherhood programs and other family-serving agencies.
Our scope
What to expect from us
LaSaaun Lives Foundation is a community-based nonprofit. We offer support, education, remembrance, connection to resources and advocacy.
We are not a clinical, mental-health or emergency-services provider. Our work does not replace care from your doctor, midwife, nurse, therapist or other licensed provider. We can help you look for those services.
If you or your baby may be in danger, call 911 or go to the nearest emergency room.
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Find your next step
Wherever you are in your family’s journey, there’s a place to begin.