Rx Kids Program Launched in Flint to Support Pregnant Women and Families

The initiative, first of its kind in the U.S., aims to alleviate deep poverty by providing financial aid for prenatal care and infant needs.

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.