Pregnant women, babies can get financial support in new central Michigan program

A Michigan program for new mothers could be a model for the nation

FLINT, Mich. (AP) — 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.

Pregnant women, babies can get financial support in new central Michigan program

Clare County now becomes the ninth community in the state, and the first Central Michigan community to join Rx Kids, an innovative effort to improve maternal and infant health and reduce childhood poverty.

How a Flint-born program that gives new mothers cash could be a model for rest of US - Flint Beat

FLINT, Mich. (AP) — 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 …