In the News

Stay connected to everything related to Rx Kids through selected media highlights. Here, you will find the continued impact and success stories of Rx Kids.

Rx Kids Expands Transformative Cash Prescription Program to Gladwin and Roscommon Counties, Enrollment Opens in the City of YpsilantiRx Kids

Rx Kids Expands Transformative Cash Prescription Program to Gladwin and Roscommon Counties, Enrollment Opens in the City of Ypsilanti

Rx Kids announced the launch in Gladwin and Roscommon counties.  Enrollment also opens today in…
December 1, 2025 Read More
New Rigorous Research Shows Rx Kids Reduced Infant Maltreatment Allegations in Flint, MichiganRx Kids

New Rigorous Research Shows Rx Kids Reduced Infant Maltreatment Allegations in Flint, Michigan

A new study reveals that Rx Kids, the nation’s first community-wide prenatal and infant cash…
November 24, 2025 Read More
Rx Kids Brings Hope and Support to Families in Wayne CountyRx Kids

Rx Kids Brings Hope and Support to Families in Wayne County

Rx Kids announced the launch in six cities in Wayne County: River Rouge, Hamtramck, Highland…
November 10, 2025 Read More
New Research Links Rx Kids to Boosts in Civic EngagementRx Kids

New Research Links Rx Kids to Boosts in Civic Engagement

Rx Kids may serve as a powerful tool for rebuilding the social contract and reinvigorating…
November 4, 2025 Read More
Tavahna Paige with her baby and Dr. Mona at a press event to announce the launch of Rx Kids in the City of Ypsilanti
Rx Kids Expands to City of Ypsilanti to Support Moms and BabiesRx Kids

Rx Kids Expands to City of Ypsilanti to Support Moms and Babies

Beginning December 1, Rx Kids will be live in the City of Ypsilanti.
November 3, 2025 Read More
Study finds Rx Kids program supports families, drives jobs and income growthUpjohn Institute

Study finds Rx Kids program supports families, drives jobs and income growth

A new analysis by the W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research finds that the Rx…
October 30, 2025 Read More
Rx Kids Linked to Earlier and More Adequate Prenatal CareRx Kids

Rx Kids Linked to Earlier and More Adequate Prenatal Care

New researchs offers compelling peer-reviewed evidence that unconditional cash support during pregnancy and infancy can…
October 20, 2025 Read More
Rx Kids to Reach Nearly 100,000 Babies Across MichiganRx Kids

Rx Kids to Reach Nearly 100,000 Babies Across Michigan

A historic $270 million investment from the State of Michigan will allow Rx Kids to…
October 8, 2025 Read More
Dr Mona Hanna (right) talks with Flint resident Courtney Dudley, 29, while examining her daughter, Isabella Evans, in Flint on 14 April 2016.
The US town that pays every pregnant woman $1,500: ‘We’re not OK with our babies being born into poverty’Guardian

The US town that pays every pregnant woman $1,500: ‘We’re not OK with our babies being born into poverty’

Infants in Rx Kids in Flint, Michigan, saw lower rates of prematurity and other issues,…
September 15, 2025 Read More
New Research Shows Cash for Moms and Babies Improves Health, Stabilizes Families, and Saves MillionsRx Kids

New Research Shows Cash for Moms and Babies Improves Health, Stabilizes Families, and Saves Millions

Rx Kids Delivers Health and Economic Gains for Moms and Babies in Flint, Michigan
September 15, 2025 Read More
Rx Kids Monthly Payments are Changing Lives for Michigan MothersMLive

Rx Kids Monthly Payments are Changing Lives for Michigan Mothers

“I don’t worry anymore,” Quianna Jenkins said. “Without Rx Kids, I think I’d be poor,…
September 8, 2025 Read More
Rx Kids Expands to City of Hazel Park and Royal Oak TownshipRx Kids

Rx Kids Expands to City of Hazel Park and Royal Oak Township

Moms and Babies in Two New Oakland County Communities Eligible for Groundbreaking Program
September 2, 2025 Read More
First Moms and Babies to Graduate Rx Kids Program in Eastern Upper Peninsula, Recent Survey Demonstrates Impact on FamiliesRx Kids

First Moms and Babies to Graduate Rx Kids Program in Eastern Upper Peninsula, Recent Survey Demonstrates Impact on Families

Rx Kids celebrates six months supporting families in the Eastern Upper Peninsula.
August 20, 2025 Read More
Rx Kids Participant Survey Results May 2025Rx KidsSurvey Results

Rx Kids Participant Survey Results May 2025

A recent survey conducted by Rx Kids provides valuable insights into how Rx Kids is…
August 18, 2025 Read More
Supporters of a fast-growing cash aid program urge lawmakers to take it statewideDetroit Free Press

Supporters of a fast-growing cash aid program urge lawmakers to take it statewide

Supporters of a fast-growing cash aid program for Michigan moms and babies urged lawmakers on…
August 15, 2025 Read More
Rx Kids Launches in Clare County to Support Pregnant Women and InfantsRx Kids

Rx Kids Launches in Clare County to Support Pregnant Women and Infants

Groundbreaking Mom and Baby Cash Prescription Program Expands to Central Michigan, Offering Financial Relief to…
August 1, 2025 Read More
How a Michigan program that gives new mothers cash could be a model for rest of USAP

How a Michigan program that gives new mothers cash could be a model for rest of US

Backed by a mix of state, local and philanthropic money, Rx Kids gives mothers of…
July 31, 2025 Read More
The State of Research on Child Cash Transfers and Child Well-Being: Weighing Global and Domestic Evidence in Light of New Results from a Randomized Controlled TrialRx Kids

The State of Research on Child Cash Transfers and Child Well-Being: Weighing Global and Domestic Evidence in Light of New Results from a Randomized Controlled Trial

A newly released randomized controlled trial (RCT) from the Baby’s First Years study (BFY) has…
July 30, 2025 Read More
Flint Celebrates Life-Changing Rx Kids Program with Annual Baby ParadeMid-Michigan Now

Flint Celebrates Life-Changing Rx Kids Program with Annual Baby Parade

Families in Flint gathered at the historic Applewood Estate to celebrate the Rx Kids program…
July 28, 2025 Read More
More than a stipend: Rx Kids is transforming childhood beginningsSecond Wave

More than a stipend: Rx Kids is transforming childhood beginnings

Across Michigan, a growing number of communities are redefining when education begins and what it…
July 8, 2025 Read More
Rx Kids Program Surpasses $10 Million in Cash Prescriptions Across MichiganRx Kids

Rx Kids Program Surpasses $10 Million in Cash Prescriptions Across Michigan

Rx Kids has now prescribed $10 million in cash to Michigan families since launching in…
June 3, 2025 Read More
Fighting Poverty One Baby at a TimeCBS News

Fighting Poverty One Baby at a Time

"I wanted something that I could pull out of my doctor's bag, pull out of…
May 30, 2025 Read More
Flint a Model for Improving Health While Boosting Local EconomyFlint & Genesee Group

Flint a Model for Improving Health While Boosting Local Economy

Almost daily, Dr. Mona Hanna hears from cities hoping to be just like Flint.
May 15, 2025 Read More
Celebrate the Rx Kids Program at Pontiac’s First-Ever Mother’s Day Weekend Baby Parade!Rx Kids

Celebrate the Rx Kids Program at Pontiac’s First-Ever Mother’s Day Weekend Baby Parade!

To celebrate the launch of Rx Kids Pontiac, the city will host is first Baby…
May 7, 2025 Read More
Enrollment for Rx Kids in the City of Pontiac Opens on May 1Rx Kids

Enrollment for Rx Kids in the City of Pontiac Opens on May 1

Families living in the City of Pontiac can begin applying for Rx Kids starting May…
April 30, 2025 Read More
Here’s How Dearborn Plans to Give Pregnant Moms Cash PrescriptionsMichigan Radio

Here’s How Dearborn Plans to Give Pregnant Moms Cash Prescriptions

“The value of this program and transforming lives, uplifting families at a time when they…
April 23, 2025 Read More
Could Cash Prescriptions Slash Poverty Among Michigan’s Youngest?Detroit Free Press

Could Cash Prescriptions Slash Poverty Among Michigan’s Youngest?

Rx Kids is among dozens of programs across the country experimenting with providing direct cash…
April 23, 2025 Read More
Rx Kids to Curb Childhood Poverty for Cities in Southeast MichiganDetroit Free Press

Rx Kids to Curb Childhood Poverty for Cities in Southeast Michigan

The rapid expansion of Rx Kids is expected to spread to more southeast Michigan communities…
April 11, 2025 Read More
A Michigan Proposal Would Pay $7,500 to All Families With NewbornsMLive

A Michigan Proposal Would Pay $7,500 to All Families With Newborns

“Investments in this window of life have multiple-fold return on investment. All of those things…
April 1, 2025 Read More
Direct Cash Support Empowers Mothers and BabiesMichigan Chronicle

Direct Cash Support Empowers Mothers and Babies

Infant care expenses, which can exceed $10,000 annually, are out of reach for many. Rx…
March 21, 2025 Read More
New Moms in Pontiac to Receive ‘No-Strings-Attached’ CashWDIV

New Moms in Pontiac to Receive ‘No-Strings-Attached’ Cash

“It’s about ultimately investing in our future,” Pontiac Mayor Tim Greimel said.
March 20, 2025 Read More
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 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 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 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 Gives Cash to Parents of NewbornsEscanaba Daily Press

New U.P. Program Gives 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, 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”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 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 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 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 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”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 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 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 2024Rx KidsSurvey Results

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 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 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 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 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 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
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 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 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 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 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 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.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
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 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 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”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 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.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 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 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 2024Rx KidsSurvey Results

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 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 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 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 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 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
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 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?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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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.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 BabiesThe Atlantic

The Case for Spending Way More on Babies

Why America should give kids cash.
February 14, 2024 Read More
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 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 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 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 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 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” 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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”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 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 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 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.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 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 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 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.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 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 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 BabiesC.S. Mott Department of Public Health

Rx Kids Program Aims to Tackle Poverty to Improve the Health of City of Flint Moms and Babies

Rx Kids will be the first community-wide program in the U.S. to address maternal and…
April 20, 2023 Read More
Dr. Mona’s Prescription for Helping Flint Kids? $500 Infant Cash Allowance for Entire CityMLive

Dr. Mona’s Prescription for Helping Flint Kids? $500 Infant Cash Allowance for Entire City

The program is supported by the Pediatric Public Health Initiative, Poverty Solutions at the University…
March 14, 2023 Read More
Watch: Pediatrician Advocates Allowance for Pregnant Women, Children in FlintWNEM

Watch: Pediatrician Advocates Allowance for Pregnant Women, Children in Flint

During Monday’s city council meeting, Hanna-Attisha told council members 50 percent of Flint children live…
March 14, 2023 Read More
Opinion: Rx for Children’s Health: Renew the Expanded Child Tax CreditThe Hill

Opinion: Rx for Children’s Health: Renew the Expanded Child Tax Credit

“Poverty is one of the strongest risk factors for bad health — increasing the rates…
December 14, 2022 Read More