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After Congress Ended Extra Cash Aid for Families, Communities Tackle Child Poverty Alone - KFF Health News

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Dr. Mona Hanna , who uncovered Flint 's water crisis, created Rx Kids in January .

The program gives Flint residents $ 1,500 mid-pregnancy, and $ 500 each month for the baby’s first year .

There are no strings attached. No income limits.

Nearly every baby born since the program launched in January is enrolled.

The eastern Upper Peninsula is used to feeling forgotten.

It has about a third of Michigan ’s land mass, but just 3% of its residents.

The region has some of the highest rates of newborns suffering from pre-birth drug exposure in the state.

The program would be a lifesaver for families in the Upper Peninsula , many of whom "don't make enough to make it".

Rx Kids has raised enough money to fund a perinatal’ version of the program.

The program would provide the $ 1,500 payment mid-pregnancy, plus $ 500 a month for a baby’s first three months, rather than the full year .

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