ST. LOUIS – The Urban League of Metropolitan St. Louis is enhancing community health programs with a $150,000 grant from Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield.
The funding will strengthen the Community Mobile Health Clinic and opioid triage team, addressing critical health disparities within the region.
“Based on what Anthem is giving us the opportunity to do, now as a sponsor of the health mobile unit for this entire year, we will be able to do some extraordinary things,” Mitch McMillian, president of Urban League of Metropolitan St. Louis, said.
The Community Mobile Health Clinic delivers essential medical care to vulnerable populations through screenings of blood pressure, diabetes and cholesterol, along with preventative care, such as flu shots. The program also screens for food insecurity, connecting individuals to nearby food banks.
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“Urban League afforded me the opportunity to help myself; that’s what they did. They didn’t do it for me, they said, ‘Here’s the tools, here’s the opportunity, now you go for what you know,” Tracy Brown, a resident, said.