Facts
Over 1,500 pregnant women receive high quality prenatal and obstetric services at three of InterCare's locations.
Special Programs
At InterCare, helping children learn and grow 
is an important part of the InterCare mission. Each program offered at InterCare is designed to help young children and their parents during the early, middle, and late childhood years.
Triple P, Positive Parenting Program®
Triple P® is a program that has the answers to your parenting questions and needs.
View the Triple P website.
Building Healthy Communities
The Michigan Healthy Communities program focuses on primary prevention interventions through evidenced-based policy and environmental changes (PEC). Michigan Healthy Communities is supported and funded through the State of Michigan, the Healthy Michigan Fund, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Obesity, and Tobacco, and Healthy Communities Grants, and Michigan State University Extension Michigan Nutrition Network Grant.
View the Building Healthy Communities website.
Healthy Beginnings
Healthy Beginnings is a program that helps children enter kindergarten healthy and prepared to learn. The program aids the physical and behavioral development of children from birth through age five.
View the Healthy Beginnings website.
BCCCP
BCCCP stands for Breast and Cervical Cancer Control Program. Most of InterCare's health centers offer free cancer testing to low-income women over the age of 40.
View the BCCCP website.
Behavioral Health
Combines primary medical care with counseling for individuals referred by their doctor. These services are offered together during the same visit and are aimed at helping patients manage feelings and personal situations that affect their health.
MIChild
MIChild is a health insurance program for uninsured children. MIChild services are provided by multiple HMOs, and various other health care plans throughout Michigan.
View the MIChild website.
MOMS
The goal of the Maternity Outpatient Medical Services (MOMS) program is to provide immediate health coverage for pregnant women. It provides outpatient prenatal coverage only. The MOMS program is available to provide immediate prenatal care while a Medicaid application is pending. Other women who may be eligible for MOMS include:
- Teens who, because of confidentiality concerns, choose not to apply for Medicaid
- Non-citizens who are only eligible for emergency services only
The woman must use Medicaid benefits if and when they become available. Prenatal health care services will be covered by MOMS and/or Medicaid for the entire pregnancy and for two months after the pregnancy ends. There is an income test for all persons except teens. The local health department can help women apply for the MOMS program.
Managed Care
Managed care is a term used to describe a number of techniques used to reduce the cost of providing health benefits and improve the quality of care to those in need.
HIPPY
HIPPY, which stands for Home Instruction for Parents of Preschool Youngsters, is a program that helps parents prepare their three, four, and five-year-old for school. The program focuses on reading and literacy. The parent is provided with the material to help strengthen their child's cognitive skills as well as social, emotional, and physical development.
View the HIPPY website.
Reach Out and Read
Reach out and Read is a nonprofit organization that promotes school readiness and literacy. The program takes place in pediatric exam rooms nationwide by giving new books to children and educating parents on the importance of reading aloud. By reading out loud to a child, they will have larger vocabularies and stronger language skills.
Visit the Reach Out and Read website.
