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Oakland County approves $500,000 to launch Rx Kids cash-prescription program for new mothers
Summary
The Finance Committee approved a $500,000 appropriation to help launch the Rx Kids prenatal and infant cash-prescription program in Pontiac, Hazel Park and Royal Oak Township, a county official said. The county funds are intended to leverage state TANF and private dollars to expand the program.
The Oakland County Finance Committee approved a $500,000 appropriation to help launch Rx Kids, a prenatal and infant cash-prescription program intended to support new mothers and babies during the first months of life.
County officials said the $500,000 is intended to catalyze matching public and private funds to bring Rx Kids to Pontiac, Hazel Park and Royal Oak Township and to leverage up to $2 million in available Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) funding reserved in the state budget.
Madiha, a county presenter, told commissioners the program gives a monthly cash “prescription” to eligible mothers in the first six months of an infant’s life. “Our motion is to authorize a appropriation of $500,000 to the Oakland County Rx Kids,” she said. Sarah Coles, Oakland County strategic partnerships and initiatives officer, said the county funding is designed to…
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