Rx Kids expands in Michigan with the aim of reducing infant poverty

Rx Kids expands in Michigan with the aim of reducing infant poverty

In the Upper Peninsula, Jackie Tasker-Wilson has to drive downstate several times a month to see her doctors for her high risk pregnancy — trips that set her and her partner back a couple hundred dollars each appointment. That’s money she can’t spend on rent, food or necessities for the baby.  This story also appeared in Detroit Free Press Kayla Wychopen, also in the U.P., recently gave birth and is living in transiti…