At 9:00 a.m. ET on Monday, March 3, Rx Kids — the nation’s first-ever community-wide cash prescription program for pregnant women and babies — opens enrollment for communities in the Upper Peninsula (UP).
Rx Kids is providing life-changing financial security that is universal and unconditional. Moms receive $1,500 during mid-pregnancy, and babies receive $500 a month for 6 months. Infants born on or after March 1, 2025, and expectant mothers who live in Alger, Chippewa, Luce, Mackinac, or Schoolcraft counties are eligible to apply.
For many families, income plunges, and poverty spikes right before a child is born and remains high throughout the first year. Rx Kids boldly reimagines how we care for each other by walking alongside families during the challenging time of pregnancy and infancy.
Science demonstrates the lifelong consequences of early adversity but also the promise of science-based, community-driven solutions. The UP expansion of Rx Kids arrives shortly after the program’s first anniversary in the city of Flint, launching in the city of Kalamazoo on February 12, and new data demonstrating its significant impact on improving financial stability and health outcomes for moms and babies.
More potent than any prescribed pill, Rx Kids aims to improve health, hope, and opportunity. Apply at RxKids.org.
Open Enrollment Begins
WHAT: ♥️Rx Kids Opens Enrollment in the Eastern Upper Peninsula
Infants born on or after March 1, 2025, and expectant mothers who live in Alger, Chippewa, Luce, Mackinac, or Schoolcraft counties are eligible to apply.
Check out the local community resource page here.
WHEN: ♥️Monday, March 3, 2025, 9:00 a.m.
Rx Kids is a program run by Michigan State University-Hurley Children’s Hospital Pediatric Public Health Initiative in collaboration with the University of Michigan’s Poverty Solutions and administered by GiveDirectly. Local champions include the Chippewa County Health Department and the LMAS District Health Department.