Rx Kids provides $1,500 mid-pregnancy and then $500 a month up to a year of the baby's life.

Rx Kids has so far distributed $13 million to more than 3,000 families in communities where it operates.

Supporters of a fast-growing cash aid program for Michigan moms and babies urged lawmakers on Aug. 12 to expand the program, born out of Flint and now operating in eight other communities, even further across the state.

Dubbed Rx Kids, the program is led by Flint pediatrician Dr. Mona Hanna and is designed to tackle infant poverty by providing "cash prescriptions" — $1,500 mid-pregnancy and then $500 a month up to a year of the baby's life. More than a year after launching, the program is open to eligible pregnant moms from parts of the Upper Peninsula and the west side of the state, and ha

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