Two groups are banding together to tackle a big problem in Tarrant County: Maternal and infant mortality.

“We have known for a long time that in Tarrant County, we have high rates of infant mortality and maternal mortality,” said Carol Klocek, CEO of the Center for Transforming Lives on South Riverside Drive in Fort Worth.

Klocek said they knew it was a problem they wanted to tackle when opening their new campus in May.

They linked up with Abide Women’s Health Services, which was already doing that work in Dallas County and was looking to expand into Tarrant County.

“When we looked at the data, 10% of our clients were coming from Tarrant County,” said Jessica Dupree, Abide vice president of clinical operations and services.

The mobile clinic opened doors at the Center’s parking lot in

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