Expectant mothers in Mississippi now can access resources to receive essentials, from food and clothing to child care and financial assistance, through a mobile app dubbed MAMA.
Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch on Tuesday unveiled the Mississippi Access to Maternal Assistance mobile app, or MAMA, to connect moms easily with the resources they need to care for their children.
Mothers or pregnant women now can “find not only the public resources that are available but private resources and faith-based resources, all in one place,” Fitch says of the new tool. “And that is so significant for young mothers to be able to find things that they need, questions they might have, all together.”
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