Overview

• Rx Kids, a program aimed at alleviating deep poverty among families and infants in Flint, Michigan, has been launched.
• The program provides $1,500 to pregnant women during mid-pregnancy and $500 each month throughout the first year after the birth.
• The funds can be used on food, prenatal care, rent, cribs, formula, diapers, or childcare.
• More than $43 million of the program's estimated $55 million cost over five years has been raised, with support from various foundations, funds, and the state of Michigan.
• Flint has one of the highest childhood poverty rates in the nation, with about a third of the city's residents living in poverty.