The BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee Health Foundation is extending its impact on the health of babies in Tennessee with a $1.7 million grant to the Blues Project, an infant mortality initiative run by the University of Tennessee Health Science Center. The project, which has served nearly 1,000 mothers in Shelby County for the last five years, will launch in Hamilton County this September.
The Blues Project, a clinic and home-based social intervention program, is a study aimed at reducing infant mortality rates to positively affect health outcomes for at-risk mothers and their babies. It is designed to help improve maternal, fetal and pediatric outcomes by providing TennCare-eligible pregnant women access to quality prenatal care and services through clinic-based group visits at approved community health centers.
Dr. Kimberly Lamar, with the UT Health Science Center, will speak at Erlanger Hospital, 975 East 3rd Street, on Thursday, from 10:30-11:30 a.m. to officially launch the Blues Project expansion in Hamilton County and present the $1.7 million check to fund the project.