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Easing Stress on Families at Home
Easing Stress on Families at HomeHaley

Easing Stress on Families at Home

Haley Stewart has already witnessed Rx Kids making a positive impact for families like hers…
March 26, 2025 Read More
Rx Kids Program Expands to Pontiac to Support Expecting Mothers and Infants
Rx Kids Program Expands to Pontiac to Support Expecting Mothers and InfantsRx Kids

Rx Kids Program Expands to Pontiac to Support Expecting Mothers and Infants

Rx Kids, in partnership with the Oakland Livingston Human Services Agency (OLHSA), the City of…
March 18, 2025 Read More
Michigan Lawmakers Looking to Put Money Back in Hands of Residents
Michigan Lawmakers Looking to Put Money Back in Hands of ResidentsABC 12

Michigan Lawmakers Looking to Put Money Back in Hands of Residents

Lawmakers see programs like RX Kids as a way not just to cut down on…
March 14, 2025 Read More
Rx Kids Opens Enrollment for Five Counties in the Eastern Upper Peninsula
Rx Kids Opens Enrollment for Five Counties in the Eastern Upper PeninsulaRx Kids

Rx Kids Opens Enrollment for Five Counties in the Eastern Upper Peninsula

The UP expansion of Rx Kids arrives shortly after the program's first anniversary in the…
March 3, 2025 Read More
Dr. Mona Hanna Among USA Today 2025 Women of the Year
Dr. Mona Hanna Among USA Today 2025 Women of the YearUSA Today

Dr. Mona Hanna Among USA Today 2025 Women of the Year

Dr. Mona Hanna is one of USA TODAY’s Women of the Year, a recognition of…
February 28, 2025 Read More
New U.P. Program Give Cash to Parents of Newborns
New U.P. Program Give Cash to Parents of NewbornsEscanaba Daily Press

New U.P. Program Give Cash to Parents of Newborns

Beginning in March, a program that issues money to women during pregnancy and for the…
February 22, 2025 Read More
Rx Kids Expansion Offers Stability, Hope
Rx Kids Expansion Offers Stability, HopeMichigan Chronicle

Rx Kids Expansion Offers Stability, Hope

"The impact of Rx Kids for families in underserved communities is profound. Families who have…
February 18, 2025 Read More
GOP State Senator on Rx Kids Expansion: “This is a Great Idea”
GOP State Senator on Rx Kids Expansion: “This is a Great Idea”Detroit Free Press

GOP State Senator on Rx Kids Expansion: “This is a Great Idea”

"I've had people who came up to me and said, 'Wait a second, you're a…
February 17, 2025 Read More
Michigan Lt. Governor Garlin Gilchrist, State Senator John Damoose, Dr. Mona Hanna, and Public Health Experts Announce Rx Kids’ Launch Into Upper Peninsula
Michigan Lt. Governor Garlin Gilchrist, State Senator John Damoose, Dr. Mona Hanna, and Public Health Experts Announce Rx Kids’ Launch Into Upper PeninsulaRx Kids

Michigan Lt. Governor Garlin Gilchrist, State Senator John Damoose, Dr. Mona Hanna, and Public Health Experts Announce Rx Kids’ Launch Into Upper Peninsula

The UP expansion of Rx Kids is made possible by an innovative public-private partnership that…
February 14, 2025 Read More
Enrollment for Rx Kids in the City of Kalamazoo Opens on February 12
Enrollment for Rx Kids in the City of Kalamazoo Opens on February 12Rx Kids

Enrollment for Rx Kids in the City of Kalamazoo Opens on February 12

Rx Kids, the nation’s first community-wide cash prescription program for expectant mothers and infants, opens…
February 11, 2025 Read More
Celebrating One Year — and Nearly $6 Million in Cash Prescriptions — in Flint
Celebrating One Year — and Nearly $6 Million in Cash Prescriptions — in FlintABC 12

Celebrating One Year — and Nearly $6 Million in Cash Prescriptions — in Flint

"Rx Kids will serve as a powerful tool that we can put directly in the…
January 30, 2025 Read More
Excitement Builds for Launch of Rx Kids Kalamazoo
Excitement Builds for Launch of Rx Kids KalamazooSecond Wave

Excitement Builds for Launch of Rx Kids Kalamazoo

"Rx Kids will serve as a powerful tool that we can put directly in the…
January 30, 2025 Read More
“We Have Changed the Trajectory of a Generation”
“We Have Changed the Trajectory of a Generation”MLive

“We Have Changed the Trajectory of a Generation”

Rx Kids is allowing moms to get to prenatal care earlier and more often, and…
January 30, 2025 Read More
Rx Kids Families Celebrate Program’s First Birthday
Rx Kids Families Celebrate Program’s First BirthdayWNEM

Rx Kids Families Celebrate Program’s First Birthday

"We are seeing incredible health outcomes already, in terms of being able to get to…
January 30, 2025 Read More
Rx Kids Celebrating ‘First Birthday’ and Sharing Program Milestones at the Flint Children’s Museum
Rx Kids Celebrating ‘First Birthday’ and Sharing Program Milestones at the Flint Children’s MuseumRx Kids

Rx Kids Celebrating ‘First Birthday’ and Sharing Program Milestones at the Flint Children’s Museum

Rx Kids is hosting a “First Birthday Bash” from 1-4 p.m. on Wednesday, January 29,…
January 28, 2025 Read More
Rx Kids Flint Participant Survey Results November 2024
Rx Kids Flint Participant Survey Results November 2024Flint Survey ResultsRx Kids

Rx Kids Flint Participant Survey Results November 2024

A recent survey conducted by Rx Kids provides valuable insights into how Rx Kids is…
January 28, 2025 Read More
Giving Families the Hug They Need
Giving Families the Hug They NeedMSU Today

Giving Families the Hug They Need

For National Hug Day, let’s reflect on how we care for one another. A hug…
January 21, 2025 Read More
At First Anniversary, Rx Kids Reflects on Impact and Looks Toward Expansion
At First Anniversary, Rx Kids Reflects on Impact and Looks Toward ExpansionFlintside

At First Anniversary, Rx Kids Reflects on Impact and Looks Toward Expansion

As Rx Kids celebrates its first anniversary, the groundbreaking program has already made strides in…
January 16, 2025 Read More
Rx Kids Celebrates First Anniversary; Reflects on Impact and Looks to Expansion Efforts in 2025
Rx Kids Celebrates First Anniversary; Reflects on Impact and Looks to Expansion Efforts in 2025Rx Kids

Rx Kids Celebrates First Anniversary; Reflects on Impact and Looks to Expansion Efforts in 2025

Modeled on the success of the pandemic era expanded Child Tax Credit, Rx Kids boasts…
January 10, 2025 Read More
How Rx Kids Helps Improve Mental Health of Mothers
How Rx Kids Helps Improve Mental Health of MothersNext City

How Rx Kids Helps Improve Mental Health of Mothers

"So far, (Rx Kids) has shown a reduction in depressive symptoms and increases in positive…
December 24, 2024 Read More
New Analysis Finds Child Cash Benefits Improve Child Health and Development Internationally
New Analysis Finds Child Cash Benefits Improve Child Health and Development InternationallyRx Kids

New Analysis Finds Child Cash Benefits Improve Child Health and Development Internationally

Looking at programs from over 140 countries, researchers conclude that large-scale, government-funded child cash transfer…
December 18, 2024 Read More
How Rx Kids Helped a Flint Mom With Home Ownership
How Rx Kids Helped a Flint Mom With Home OwnershipAshlie

How Rx Kids Helped a Flint Mom With Home Ownership

Rx Kids Mom Ashlie Stewart holds baby Sophya's feet during a photoshoot in May of…
December 16, 2024 Read More
Flint Leading the Way for Communities on Cash Payments for Moms, Babies
Flint Leading the Way for Communities on Cash Payments for Moms, BabiesDetroit Free Press

Flint Leading the Way for Communities on Cash Payments for Moms, Babies

No-strings-attached cash transfer programs like Rx Kids are trying to shift the conversation around cash…
December 9, 2024 Read More
How to Fix Child Poverty Despite Shrinking Federal Aid
How to Fix Child Poverty Despite Shrinking Federal AidNPR

How to Fix Child Poverty Despite Shrinking Federal Aid

Rx Kids' goals go beyond cash aid for Michigan families: It is also aimed at…
December 2, 2024 Read More
How Rx Kids is Helping Communities Tackle Child Poverty
How Rx Kids is Helping Communities Tackle Child PovertyKFF Health News

How Rx Kids is Helping Communities Tackle Child Poverty

“They don’t understand the barriers. They don’t understand that sometimes the choice isn’t always yours.…
November 18, 2024 Read More
Funders Pitch in for Unique “Cash Prescription” Program in Michigan
Funders Pitch in for Unique “Cash Prescription” Program in MichiganInside Philanthropy

Funders Pitch in for Unique “Cash Prescription” Program in Michigan

“We just knew that unrestricted cash in the pockets of pregnant women and moms, and…
November 11, 2024 Read More
Rx Kids Serves as Model for National Child Tax Credit Expansion Proposal
Rx Kids Serves as Model for National Child Tax Credit Expansion ProposalRx Kids

Rx Kids Serves as Model for National Child Tax Credit Expansion Proposal

“I was talking with people with the (Harris) campaign, asking where you came up with…
November 4, 2024 Read More
The Solution to Child Poverty is Simple: Give Mothers Cash
The Solution to Child Poverty is Simple: Give Mothers CashU.S. News and World Report

The Solution to Child Poverty is Simple: Give Mothers Cash

Our country’s dual housing and childcare affordability crises have been central to the presidential campaign…
October 31, 2024 Read More
What Might Raising a Family Look Like in a Harris Presidency? Look to Flint.
What Might Raising a Family Look Like in a Harris Presidency? Look to Flint.Washington Post

What Might Raising a Family Look Like in a Harris Presidency? Look to Flint.

Flint aims to reinvent itself with an innovative, pro-family program that has become a key plank…
October 21, 2024 Read More
Empowered: Rx Kids Mom Pursues a New Career
Empowered: Rx Kids Mom Pursues a New CareerReosha

Empowered: Rx Kids Mom Pursues a New Career

Reosha Watson with baby Kali during an Rx Kids Mother's Day event in May 2024.…
October 3, 2024 Read More
Every Flint Baby is Getting Cash Aid. Could Upper Peninsula Babies be Next?
Every Flint Baby is Getting Cash Aid. Could Upper Peninsula Babies be Next?Michigan Radio

Every Flint Baby is Getting Cash Aid. Could Upper Peninsula Babies be Next?

The true goal of Rx Kids goes far beyond Flint, as Dr. Mona acknowledged, scooping…
October 3, 2024 Read More
Rx Kids Helps with Transportation for Family that Grew Unexpectedly
Rx Kids Helps with Transportation for Family that Grew UnexpectedlyYaquelin

Rx Kids Helps with Transportation for Family that Grew Unexpectedly

Rx Kids mom Yaquelin Vargas with baby Hope. The last thing Rx Kids mom Yaquelin…
September 23, 2024 Read More
Rx Kids Welcomes Federal Leaders and Shares Program Success Data with Diapers and Donuts
Rx Kids Welcomes Federal Leaders and Shares Program Success Data with Diapers and DonutsRx Kids

Rx Kids Welcomes Federal Leaders and Shares Program Success Data with Diapers and Donuts

Today, Flint welcomes federal officials as they lift up Rx Kids as an innovative model…
September 19, 2024 Read More
Rx Kids Statement on New Child Poverty Numbers in Today’s Census Release
Rx Kids Statement on New Child Poverty Numbers in Today’s Census ReleaseRx Kids

Rx Kids Statement on New Child Poverty Numbers in Today’s Census Release

FLINT - the U.S. Census Bureau today released its 2023 national poverty statistics, showing a…
September 17, 2024 Read More
Rx Kids Co-Founder: “Child poverty in this country is a policy choice”
Rx Kids Co-Founder: “Child poverty in this country is a policy choice”USA Today

Rx Kids Co-Founder: “Child poverty in this country is a policy choice”

“Today’s annual census data release is a stark reminder that child poverty in this country…
September 10, 2024 Read More
Michigan’s Rx Kids Excels at Protecting and Taking Care of Kids
Michigan’s Rx Kids Excels at Protecting and Taking Care of KidsDetroit Free Press

Michigan’s Rx Kids Excels at Protecting and Taking Care of Kids

"When I study programs designed to lift up the least of these, I want ones…
September 4, 2024 Read More
Kalamazoo Moms Can Apply to get $7,500 Next Year. Here’s How.
Kalamazoo Moms Can Apply to get $7,500 Next Year. Here’s How.Detroit Free Press

Kalamazoo Moms Can Apply to get $7,500 Next Year. Here’s How.

A program that provides cash payments to expectant mothers and families with babies is slated…
August 28, 2024 Read More
Kalamazoo Announces Groundbreaking Prescription Cash Program for Expectant Mothers and Birthing Individuals, Launching 2025
Kalamazoo Announces Groundbreaking Prescription Cash Program for Expectant Mothers and Birthing Individuals, Launching 2025Rx Kids

Kalamazoo Announces Groundbreaking Prescription Cash Program for Expectant Mothers and Birthing Individuals, Launching 2025

Kalamazoo Rx Kids, the City of Kalamazoo’s first-ever cash prescription program for expectant mothers and…
August 27, 2024 Read More
Rx Kids Helps Flint Mom Feel Like her Family Has “Extra Support”
Rx Kids Helps Flint Mom Feel Like her Family Has “Extra Support”Lakyisha

Rx Kids Helps Flint Mom Feel Like her Family Has “Extra Support”

Rx Kids Baby Nasir. When Rx Kids Mom Lakyisha Kirkland’s son, Nasir, was born in…
August 21, 2024 Read More
Rx Kids Cash Prescription Program Reaching Nearly Every Flint Newborn
Rx Kids Cash Prescription Program Reaching Nearly Every Flint NewbornMLive

Rx Kids Cash Prescription Program Reaching Nearly Every Flint Newborn

Rx Kids, the first-of-its-kind cash prescription program for mothers and their babies, is reaching nearly…
August 18, 2024 Read More
Rx Kids Flint Participant Survey Results May 2024
Rx Kids Flint Participant Survey Results May 2024Flint Survey ResultsRx Kids

Rx Kids Flint Participant Survey Results May 2024

Rx Kids is improving the lives of City of Flint families with improved health care…
August 14, 2024 Read More
Flint Public Art Project Mural Celebrates Rx Kids
Flint Public Art Project Mural Celebrates Rx KidsC.S. Mott Foundation

Flint Public Art Project Mural Celebrates Rx Kids

More than 20 students from the Flint Cultural Center Academy helped Flint Public Art Project…
August 2, 2024 Read More
How Public Art Helps to Tell the Rx Kids Story in Flint
How Public Art Helps to Tell the Rx Kids Story in FlintRx Kids

How Public Art Helps to Tell the Rx Kids Story in Flint

Kindness, love, hope, and the joy of childhood are themes in all six Rx Kids…
July 17, 2024 Read More
Rx Kids Celebrates $2 Million in Cash Prescribed to Flint Families
Rx Kids Celebrates $2 Million in Cash Prescribed to Flint FamiliesCity of Flint

Rx Kids Celebrates $2 Million in Cash Prescribed to Flint Families

Since its launch in January of 2024, Rx Kids has already prescribed more than $2…
July 11, 2024 Read More
Cash Program for Moms and Babies Expected to Expand Across Michigan
Cash Program for Moms and Babies Expected to Expand Across MichiganBridge Michigan

Cash Program for Moms and Babies Expected to Expand Across Michigan

A program on a mission to eliminate deep infant poverty by giving cash payments to…
July 6, 2024 Read More
Cash Payments for Parents Could Change Futures for Michigan Kids
Cash Payments for Parents Could Change Futures for Michigan KidsDetroit Free Press

Cash Payments for Parents Could Change Futures for Michigan Kids

In a matter of days, the Michigan Legislature will finalize the state budget and —…
June 25, 2024 Read More
Meet Rx Kids’ first ‘May the Fourth Be With You’ Baby
Meet Rx Kids’ first ‘May the Fourth Be With You’ BabyAngela

Meet Rx Kids’ first ‘May the Fourth Be With You’ Baby

Jolene “JoJo” Love Caldwell will never have to worry about people remembering her birthday. Born…
June 21, 2024 Read More
There was a ‘Baby Parade’ in Flint with … so Many Babies!
baby parade
There was a ‘Baby Parade’ in Flint with … so Many Babies!MLive

There was a ‘Baby Parade’ in Flint with … so Many Babies!

“Our communities thrive when our kids are healthy and taken care of, and we can’t…
June 13, 2024 Read More
Rx Kids Hosting ‘Baby Parade’ to Celebrate Flint Children
Rx Kids Hosting ‘Baby Parade’ to Celebrate Flint ChildrenRx Kids

Rx Kids Hosting ‘Baby Parade’ to Celebrate Flint Children

In 1918, the United States government recognized ‘Children’s Year,’ an effort to “save 100,000 babies”…
May 30, 2024 Read More
Could Giving Low-Income Patients Cash Improve Their Health?
Could Giving Low-Income Patients Cash Improve Their Health?AAMC

Could Giving Low-Income Patients Cash Improve Their Health?

In January 2024, the city of Flint, Michigan — notorious for its lead water crisis…
May 30, 2024 Read More
Rx Kids Program a ‘Lifesaver,’ Allowing Flint Moms to Focus on Children
Rx Kids Program a ‘Lifesaver,’ Allowing Flint Moms to Focus on ChildrenMLive

Rx Kids Program a ‘Lifesaver,’ Allowing Flint Moms to Focus on Children

Since it launched in January of 2024, the Flint Rx Kids program has delivered cash…
May 26, 2024 Read More
An Historic Mother’s Day: Nearly 700 Flint Moms Have Enrolled in Rx Kids
An Historic Mother’s Day: Nearly 700 Flint Moms Have Enrolled in Rx KidsRx Kids

An Historic Mother’s Day: Nearly 700 Flint Moms Have Enrolled in Rx Kids

Flint just celebrated an historic Mother’s Day, with nearly 700 moms and babies enrolled in…
May 16, 2024 Read More
Michigan Doctor Who Revealed Flint Water Crisis Now Takes on Child Poverty
Michigan Doctor Who Revealed Flint Water Crisis Now Takes on Child PovertyThe Guardian

Michigan Doctor Who Revealed Flint Water Crisis Now Takes on Child Poverty

In 2015, Dr Mona Hanna-Attisha alerted the world that children were being poisoned by lead…
April 25, 2024 Read More
Forum Explores Flint’s Effort to Combat Poverty Using Cash Payments for Mothers and Infants
Forum Explores Flint’s Effort to Combat Poverty Using Cash Payments for Mothers and InfantsMichigan Advance

Forum Explores Flint’s Effort to Combat Poverty Using Cash Payments for Mothers and Infants

Rx Kids pulls funding from a mechanism called non-recurring short-term benefits, which provides cash aid…
April 15, 2024 Read More
Every New Mom in this U.S. City is Now Getting Cash Aid for a Year
Every New Mom in this U.S. City is Now Getting Cash Aid for a YearNPR

Every New Mom in this U.S. City is Now Getting Cash Aid for a Year

Flint, Mich., has one of the country’s highest rates of child poverty — something that…
March 12, 2024 Read More
A Cash-assistance Program in Flint is Giving New Moms some Breathing Room
A Cash-assistance Program in Flint is Giving New Moms some Breathing RoomThe ‘Gander

A Cash-assistance Program in Flint is Giving New Moms some Breathing Room

Pregnancy brings its challenges, but being pregnant in Flint during the water crisis made things…
March 12, 2024 Read More
$400K Paid So Far to 350 Flint Moms in First Month of Pathfinding RxKids Program
$400K Paid So Far to 350 Flint Moms in First Month of Pathfinding RxKids ProgramEast Village Magazine

$400K Paid So Far to 350 Flint Moms in First Month of Pathfinding RxKids Program

More than $400,000 has been paid to approximately 350 mothers in Flint in just over…
February 20, 2024 Read More
A New Anti-poverty Program in Flint, Michigan, Gives Cash to New Moms
A New Anti-poverty Program in Flint, Michigan, Gives Cash to New MomsPBS Newshour

A New Anti-poverty Program in Flint, Michigan, Gives Cash to New Moms

When Alana Turner’s son, Ace, was a baby, she had to boil bottled water to…
February 16, 2024 Read More
Why One City’s War on Child Poverty Should Matter to Voters in November
Why One City’s War on Child Poverty Should Matter to Voters in NovemberHuffington Post

Why One City’s War on Child Poverty Should Matter to Voters in November

A new program in Flint, Michigan, could be a model for the rest of America…
February 16, 2024 Read More
Created Equal: Flint’s Rx Kids Program Aims to Abolish Childhood Poverty
Created Equal: Flint’s Rx Kids Program Aims to Abolish Childhood PovertyWDET

Created Equal: Flint’s Rx Kids Program Aims to Abolish Childhood Poverty

The program will provide every pregnant mother in Flint cash payments during pregnancy and throughout…
February 14, 2024 Read More
Moms and Babies Were Struggling in Flint, Michigan. Cash Offers a Lifeline of Hope.
Moms and Babies Were Struggling in Flint, Michigan. Cash Offers a Lifeline of Hope.USA Today

Moms and Babies Were Struggling in Flint, Michigan. Cash Offers a Lifeline of Hope.

In one of the poorest cities in our nation, Rx Kids offers a bold solutions-driven…
February 14, 2024 Read More
The Case for Spending Way More on Babies
The Case for Spending Way More on BabiesThe Atlantic

The Case for Spending Way More on Babies

Why America should give kids cash.
February 14, 2024 Read More
Prescribing Away Poverty
Prescribing Away PovertySpeaking of Kids

Prescribing Away Poverty

Bruce Lesley and Messellech “Selley” chat with Mona Hanna-Attisha and Luke Shaefer about Rx Kids,…
January 31, 2024 Read More
Groundbreaking Rx Kids Cash Transfer Program in Flint Could Improve Health Outcomes for Generations of Children
Groundbreaking Rx Kids Cash Transfer Program in Flint Could Improve Health Outcomes for Generations of ChildrenBCBSM Foundation

Groundbreaking Rx Kids Cash Transfer Program in Flint Could Improve Health Outcomes for Generations of Children

The Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan (BCBSM) Foundation is helping to fund Rx Kids…
January 26, 2024 Read More
Enrollment Open: Flint Makes History with Launch of Rx Kids
Enrollment Open: Flint Makes History with Launch of Rx KidsRx Kids

Enrollment Open: Flint Makes History with Launch of Rx Kids

On January 10, 2024, at 10 am, City of Flint pregnant moms and newborns will…
January 10, 2024 Read More
New Program Will Aid, Empower Flint Mothers
New Program Will Aid, Empower Flint MothersWNEM

New Program Will Aid, Empower Flint Mothers

WNEM | In early January, enrollment information will roll out on how every pregnant person…
December 25, 2023 Read More
“New Lens on Poverty” Conversation Hosted by the Harvard Center on the Developing Child
“New Lens on Poverty” Conversation Hosted by the Harvard Center on the Developing ChildEarly Learning Nation

“New Lens on Poverty” Conversation Hosted by the Harvard Center on the Developing Child

Mona Hanna-Attisha and Luke Shaefer share their playbook for a new cash allowance program in…
November 8, 2023 Read More
Newsmaker: Rx Kids Flint a Prescription to End
Newsmaker: Rx Kids Flint a Prescription to EndABC 12

Newsmaker: Rx Kids Flint a Prescription to End

Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha speaks with Dawn Jones about Rx Kids on ABC12 Newsmaker.
October 23, 2023 Read More
Every Flint Pregnant Mom to Receive $1,500, No Strings Attached, Plus $500 Per Month in “First of Its Kind” Program
Every Flint Pregnant Mom to Receive $1,500, No Strings Attached, Plus $500 Per Month in “First of Its Kind” ProgramEast Village Magazine

Every Flint Pregnant Mom to Receive $1,500, No Strings Attached, Plus $500 Per Month in “First of Its Kind” Program

Pregnant women in Flint will receive $1,500 each, no strings attached, through a new program…
August 4, 2023 Read More
Dr. Mona’s Rx Kids Program Gets $16.5 M from State; Largest Investment Yet
Dr. Mona’s Rx Kids Program Gets $16.5 M from State; Largest Investment YetMLive

Dr. Mona’s Rx Kids Program Gets $16.5 M from State; Largest Investment Yet

Funding from the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families block grant serves as the largest investment…
August 3, 2023 Read More
‘A Dream Come True’: In Flint, Every Pregnant Person is About to Receive Cash Through Rx Kids
‘A Dream Come True’: In Flint, Every Pregnant Person is About to Receive Cash Through Rx KidsMichigan Advance

‘A Dream Come True’: In Flint, Every Pregnant Person is About to Receive Cash Through Rx Kids

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on Monday signed the $57.4 billion general government budget, which includes the…
August 1, 2023 Read More
Michigan’s New Anti-poverty Effort: $7,500 for Flint Moms, No Strings Attached
Michigan’s New Anti-poverty Effort: $7,500 for Flint Moms, No Strings AttachedBridge Michigan

Michigan’s New Anti-poverty Effort: $7,500 for Flint Moms, No Strings Attached

The program touted as the first-of-its-kind in the nation, Rx Kids is a $55 million…
August 1, 2023 Read More
Senator John Cherry Announces $16.5 Million State Funding for Rx Kids to Tackle Poverty in Flint
Senator John Cherry Announces $16.5 Million State Funding for Rx Kids to Tackle Poverty in FlintMid-Michigan Now

Senator John Cherry Announces $16.5 Million State Funding for Rx Kids to Tackle Poverty in Flint

On Monday, July 31, Senator Cherry discussed the state funding included in the 2024 state…
July 31, 2023 Read More
$16.5 Million Awarded to Flint Rx Kids Program
$16.5 Million Awarded to Flint Rx Kids ProgramABC 12

$16.5 Million Awarded to Flint Rx Kids Program

Rx Kids, the program at the Michigan State University College of Human Medicine in Flint,…
July 31, 2023 Read More
Michigan as a Model to Address Infant Poverty
Michigan as a Model to Address Infant PovertyRx Kids

Michigan as a Model to Address Infant Poverty

New Rx Kids Program Funded by $16.5M in State Budget. Rx Kids, the nation’s first…
July 31, 2023 Read More
MSU Receives $423M in State Funding – Budget Includes $16.5 Million for Rx Kids
MSU Receives $423M in State Funding – Budget Includes $16.5 Million for Rx KidsMSU Today

MSU Receives $423M in State Funding – Budget Includes $16.5 Million for Rx Kids

State funding of $16.5 million will help launch Rx Kids, the first community-wide effort in…
July 21, 2023 Read More
Ruth Mott Foundation Grants $1.2M to Rx Kids for Direct Payments to Flint Mothers from Pregnancy Through Child’s First Year
Ruth Mott Foundation Grants $1.2M to Rx Kids for Direct Payments to Flint Mothers from Pregnancy Through Child’s First YearRuth Mott Foundation

Ruth Mott Foundation Grants $1.2M to Rx Kids for Direct Payments to Flint Mothers from Pregnancy Through Child’s First Year

The Ruth Mott Foundation’s award of $1.2 million over three years is the largest single…
July 20, 2023 Read More
Pediatrician Mona Hanna-Attisha’s Vision of “What We Can Do Next”
Pediatrician Mona Hanna-Attisha’s Vision of “What We Can Do Next”Early Learning Nation

Pediatrician Mona Hanna-Attisha’s Vision of “What We Can Do Next”

Early Learning Nation magazine caught up with Dr. Hanna-Attisha to learn more about her new…
June 29, 2023 Read More
$500,000 Grant to Support Moms and Babies in Flint
$500,000 Grant to Support Moms and Babies in FlintC.S. Mott Department of Public Health

$500,000 Grant to Support Moms and Babies in Flint

Michigan State University receives 1 of 42 grants awarded from the Michigan Health Endowment Fund.
June 16, 2023 Read More
Rx Kids Aims to Lift Up the Children and Families of Flint
Rx Kids Aims to Lift Up the Children and Families of FlintSpotlight on Poverty & Opportunity

Rx Kids Aims to Lift Up the Children and Families of Flint

Mona Hanna-Attisha, director of the MSU-Hurley Children’s Hospital Pediatric Public Health Initiative, and Luke Shaefer,…
May 31, 2023 Read More
Listen: An Untraditional Solution to Alleviate Child Poverty in Flint
Listen: An Untraditional Solution to Alleviate Child Poverty in FlintDetroit Today – WDET-FM

Listen: An Untraditional Solution to Alleviate Child Poverty in Flint

The program aims to financially support parents by providing them with a cash allowance of…
May 19, 2023 Read More
Flint Showed Us the Dangers of Poverty. Now It Could Show Us How to Fight It.
Flint Showed Us the Dangers of Poverty. Now It Could Show Us How to Fight It.Huffington Post

Flint Showed Us the Dangers of Poverty. Now It Could Show Us How to Fight It.

Mona Hanna-Attisha says she would like to protect her patients from poverty in the same…
May 5, 2023 Read More
Mott Foundation Pledges $15M to Initiative that will Provide Cash Payments to Flint Mothers
Mott Foundation Pledges $15M to Initiative that will Provide Cash Payments to Flint MothersFlintside

Mott Foundation Pledges $15M to Initiative that will Provide Cash Payments to Flint Mothers

Dr. Hanna-Attisha and the Rx Kids team are currently raising money now to meet the…
April 30, 2023 Read More
‘An Infusion of Joy’: How a Flint Pediatrician Hopes to Improve Health and Dismantle Poverty
‘An Infusion of Joy’: How a Flint Pediatrician Hopes to Improve Health and Dismantle PovertyMichigan Advance

‘An Infusion of Joy’: How a Flint Pediatrician Hopes to Improve Health and Dismantle Poverty

In Flint, where systemic racism and governmental failures left the Black-majority city to drink lead-contaminated…
April 30, 2023 Read More
Grant Aims to Provide Flint Moms, Babies with Cash Payments to Improve Health
Grant Aims to Provide Flint Moms, Babies with Cash Payments to Improve HealthDetroit Free Press

Grant Aims to Provide Flint Moms, Babies with Cash Payments to Improve Health

Moms and babies in Flint may soon be part of an innovative community-wide program that…
April 25, 2023 Read More
Cash for Flint Mothers. Mott to Offer Up Up to $7500 to Help Baby’s First Year.
Cash for Flint Mothers. Mott to Offer Up Up to $7500 to Help Baby’s First Year.Bridge Michigan

Cash for Flint Mothers. Mott to Offer Up Up to $7500 to Help Baby’s First Year.

It is the first of its kind in the nation, according to the Charles Stewart…
April 21, 2023 Read More
Mott Foundation Intends to Grant Up to $15 million to Support Direct Payments to Flint Mothers During Pregnancy and First Year of a Child’s Life
Mott Foundation Intends to Grant Up to $15 million to Support Direct Payments to Flint Mothers During Pregnancy and First Year of a Child’s LifeC.S. Mott Foundation

Mott Foundation Intends to Grant Up to $15 million to Support Direct Payments to Flint Mothers During Pregnancy and First Year of a Child’s Life

“We’re supporting Rx Kids because of the boldness of its approach to significantly reducing childhood…
April 20, 2023 Read More
Mott Grant Could Mean $15M to Allowance Program for Kids, Expectant Moms in Flint
Mott Grant Could Mean $15M to Allowance Program for Kids, Expectant Moms in FlintMLive

Mott Grant Could Mean $15M to Allowance Program for Kids, Expectant Moms in Flint

“Early childhood science has demonstrated the lifelong consequences of adversity, but also the promise of…
April 20, 2023 Read More
Rx Kids Program Aims to Tackle Poverty to Improve the Health of City of Flint Moms and Babies
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