The Family Health and Birth Center--a nurse-midwife-managed center in Washington, DC.

The Family Health and Birth Center (FHBC) is a family- and community-centered collaborative partnership designed to address the needs of women and families in the geographic area known as Ward 5 in Washington, DC. This community is predominantly low-income and African American; however, in recent years, a growing Latina and middle-income white population have sought out FHBC's services. Based on the midwifery model, FHBC provides prenatal care and midwifery-supported and -attended births in the freestanding birth center or at the nearby Washington Hospital Center.