Specifications include, but are not limited to: Maricopa County’s South Phoenix Healthy Start (SPHS) is a federally funded program providing case management, education, and support services to families living in the South Mountain, Central, and Maryvale communities in Phoenix, Arizona. Recent studies show that support provided to pregnant women and men prenatally just prior to delivery, during labor, and through the post-partum period will improve health outcomes for mothers, fathers, and the newborns. Such support services provided by a Doula often augments the support provided by the families’ loved ones. A Doula is a specially trained birth companion (not a friend or loved one) who provides labor and after labor support. They perform no clinical tasks and never question medical decisions. Doulas can also be trained to help families develop birth plans prior to the birth and/or assist with breastfeeding support and advice after the birth. They can also screen for postpartum mood disorders. A Doula provides women and men with all the options and choices regarding the birthing experience. A Doula also helps to empower women and men to share their birth plans with the prenatal/birthing health care provider(s) to explain what the family hopes for their childbirth experience. The Doula’s goal is to help the family have a safe and satisfying childbirth as the family defines it. A community based Doula program recruits culturally competent women and men from the same community to be trained as Doulas. The South Phoenix Healthy Start program desires to contract with individuals or organizations that will provide direct Doula services to Healthy Start families. Individuals or organizations can apply to provide services under the following types of Doulas: