Healthy Moms, Healthy Babies of Mississippi

Healthy Moms, Healthy Babies of Mississippi is a care management and home visiting program for expectant moms and infants at risk for health problems. We work with families and communities to help provide a safe birthing experience and healthy infant development for Mississippi moms and babies.

OUR VISION
A Healthy Mississippi
Transforming Generations: One Mother, One Baby, One Family at a Time

Services We Provide

Mothers and babies in all 82 Mississippi counties who have identified health risks can get support from a Healthy Moms, Healthy babies team. We can help with:

• Finding a medical home for you or your baby
• Identifying family and community supports
• Referrals for services such as Medicaid, food stamps (SNAP) and WIC
• Referrals for family planning, mental health, transportation, housing, medical services, childcare, employment services, and breastfeeding assistance
• Home visits by a nurse care manager after your baby is born
• Health education, such as preparing for the hospital, depression, anxiety, caring for baby, infant safety, and healthy infant development
• Nutritional information

Who is Eligible?

You are eligible for Healthy Moms, Healthy Babies services if you or your infant (up to 1 year of age) have certain conditions that put your pregnancy or the health of your infant at risk. This includes:

• Medicaid-eligible pregnant women and infants who meet priority risk criteria, as identified through a risk screening. You must be referred to our services by a medical provider or someone else in the community.
• Pregnant women or infants that meet priority risk criteria who may or may not have insurance. They may refer themselves, or be referred by a medical provider or someone else in the community.

At-Risk Conditions

Mothers may qualify if conditions exist that put their pregnancy or the health of their baby at risk. Conditions include:

• Having a chronic illness such as diabetes or hypertension
• Tobacco, alcohol or substance abuse
• Living in an unsafe environment, such as inadequate housing or being a victim or violence or abuse.
• Being 19 or younger and pregnant

Infants may qualify if they have certain medical conditions as well. These include:

• Being born prior to 37 weeks of gestation
• Weighing less than 5 lbs, 8 ozs at birth
• Other medical or psychosocial conditions affecting your infant's health or development.

Our risk screening will look for these and other conditions that can qualify you or your baby.

How to Get Our Services: Referrals

You can contact our program directly to if you think you may qualify, contact a county health department near you, or call 601-576-7463. You can also be referred for our services by a medical professional or other source.

• Referral forms and services

Get In Touch

Want more information about the program, or to see whether you are eligible?

• Call: 601-576-7113
• Fax: 601-576-7825
• E-mail: HM.HB@msdh.ms.gov

Or write to us with the form below:

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