US EditionHow a Michigan program that gives new mothers cash could be a model for rest of US
MICHIGAN, JUL 31 – Rx Kids provides up to $7,500 with no income limits to support new mothers in Michigan during their child's first year, aiming to ease economic challenges and encourage family growth.
- On Friday, mothers in Flint, Michigan, wore red sashes to celebrate Rx Kids at a festival distributing diapers and playing with children.
- Launched in 2024, Michigan's Rx Kids program qualifies women by residency and pregnancy verification without income checks, aiming to reduce barriers.
- Under the program, pregnant women receive $1,500 before delivery and $500 monthly for up to a year, with no income or spending restrictions.
- Enrollment data shows nearly all pregnant women in Flint have enrolled, with some mothers using payments to afford child care and return to work or stay home longer.
- By fall, Rx Kids will expand to a rural central Michigan county and cities near Detroit, with bipartisan legislation supporting it as a model for reducing U.S. child-rearing costs.
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How a program that gives new mothers cash could serve as a model
A procession of mothers wearing red sashes, pushing strollers and tending to toddlers made their way Friday to a little festival in Flint, Michigan, where families received diapers and kids played. It was called a “baby parade.” The sashes indicated the women were participants of a growing program in Michigan that helps pregnant women and new moms by giving them cash over the first year of their children’s lives. Launched in 2024, the program co…
Amid push to grow birth rates, Michigan takes new approach: Cash for moms - Bridge Michigan
A bipartisan program in Michigan aims to address the high costs of parenting by giving mothers thousands of dollars in cash with no strings attached. The post Amid push to grow birth rates, Michigan takes new approach: Cash for moms appeared first on Bridge Michigan.
Michigan program that gives new mothers cash could be model for rest of U.S.
A bipartisan program in Michigan aims to address the high costs of parenting by giving mothers thousands of dollars in cash with no strings attached. The public and private partnership was founded in Flint in 2024. Rx Kids gives pregnant…
A Michigan program is giving new mothers cash — and why it could be a model for rest of US
A procession of mothers wearing red sashes, pushing strollers and tending to toddlers made their way Friday to a little festival in Flint, Michigan, where families received diapers and kids played.
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