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Episode: Program started in Flint, Michigan, ‘prescribes’ thousands of dollars to new mothers
Description: A promenade of strollers, mothers wearing red sashes and toddlers trotting to keep up was part of a little festival in Flint, Michigan, where families received diapers and children gleefully played with each other and their parents.
It’s called a “baby parade.”
The sashes indicated the women were participants in a growing program that aims to help pregnant women and new moms by giving them cash at one of the most expensive times of their lives.
Backed by a mix of state, local and philanthropic money, Rx Kids gives mothers of newborns up to $7,500, with no income requirements and no con...