How a Michigan program that gives new mothers cash could be a model for rest of US

[umbertino]

 

FLINT, Mich. (AP) — A procession of mothers wearing red sashes, pushing strollers and tending to toddlers made their way Friday to a little festival in Flint, Michigan, where families received diapers and kids played.

 

It was called a “baby parade.”

 

The sashes indicated the women were participants of a growing program in Michigan that helps pregnant women and new moms by giving them cash over the first year of their children’s lives. Launched in 2024, the program comes at a time when many voters worry over high child care costs and President Donald Trump’s administration floats policy to reverse the declining birth rate.

 

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 rules for how the money is spent. Supporters believe the program could be a model for mitigating the high cost of having children in the U.S.

 

“There’s all kinds of reasons, no matter what your political affiliation or ideology is, to support this,” said state Sen. John Damoose, a Republican and ardent supporter of the program.

 

To qualify, women need to prove they live in a participating location and that they are pregnant, but don’t have to share details about their income.

 

It’s designed to be simple.

 

Pregnant women receive $1,500 before delivery and $500 every month for the first six to 12 months of their babies’ lives, depending on the program location........

 

 

By  ISABELLA VOLMERT

Updated 3:44 PM CEST, July 31, 2025

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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https://apnews.com/article/michigan-program-gives-pregnant-women-mom-cash-175737a063b51907abe0df0f11197cef

[bigwave]

Step by step to socialism baby!

[Sage449]

Gee I remember when Wisconsin tried something similar until realized subsidized women to have more babys no daddy. That stopped & moved to Minnesota who opened its pocketbook. Family there paying taxes through the nose.