In January, Rx Kids launched in Flint, a city where 59% of those under 18 years old are living below poverty and this year marked a decade since a water supply switch exposed tens of thousands of ...
It's known as one of the most dangerous cities in America, and the poverty that afflicts the city is part of the reason its residents have been exposed to such dangerous levels of lead.
Flint is a majority African-American city, where more than 40% of the residents live in poverty. In 2014, Flint switched its water supply away from Detroit's system, which draws from Lake Huron ...
which aims to alleviate child poverty by giving cash payments to pregnant women and their babies. The program, which now has an almost 100% uptake rate among Flint newborns, provides a one-time $ ...
Hundreds of moms in two different cities are finding out. Flint, Michigan, and Jackson, Mississippi, may be separated by more than 900 miles, but their similarities have driven a new approach to ...
A program aimed at helping remove families and infants in Flint, Michigan, from deep poverty will give $1,500 to women during mid-pregnancy and $500 each month throughout the first year after the ...
Flint, Michigan, and Jackson, Mississippi, may be separated by more than 900 miles, but their similarities have driven a new approach to fighting child poverty. Both states have initiatives ...
In Flint, Michigan, Rx Kids gives cash aid to every family... As federal aid shrinks, communities try new ways to tackle child poverty on their own If you bring a baby into the Hurley Children's ...