St. Clare Health Clinic Hosts ‘Baby Shower’

Franciscan-St-Clare-Baby-ShowerA packed house consisting mostly of clients of Franciscan St. Anthony Health-Crown Point’s Prenatal Assistance Program attended a “baby shower” April 25, 2012, where they received information on health, nutrition, vision and dental and mental health programs, and enjoyed lunch and door prizes.

The second-annual event was sponsored by MDwise Hoosier Alliance, a health care network that since 1994 has provided assistance for members of the Hoosier Healthwise program, Indiana’s health coverage program for low-income families and children.

The program was hosted Kim Eldridge, MDWise Northwest outreach consultant, and Kathryn Copak, prenatal program manager, and took place at St. Clare Health Clinic, 1121 S. Indiana Ave.

Free pregnancy testing was available, as was assistance with Indiana Medicaid.

Besides representatives of the Prenatal Assistance Program were others from Kool Smiles of East Chicago, Mental Health America of Lake County, HealthVisions Midwest- Promoters of Maternal and Infant Health, of East Chicago, and the Purdue Extension Food and Nutrition Program.

St. Clare Health Clinic and the Prenatal Assistance Program provide free services for underprivileged Northwest Indiana residents.