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Kalamazoo approves $1.5M to seed RX Kids child‑allowance pilot
Summary
The Kalamazoo City Commission approved a $1.5 million ARPA grant to the Kalamazoo Community Foundation to help launch RX Kids Kalamazoo, a child-allowance pilot that staff and the foundation say will provide prenatal and follow-up cash payments to city residents and prioritize Medicaid births with additional state TANF support.
The Kalamazoo City Commission on Dec. 16 approved a $1.5 million American Rescue Plan Act grant to the Kalamazoo Community Foundation to help launch RX Kids Kalamazoo, a pilot child-allowance program intended to provide direct cash supports to families following the birth of a child.
City staff and foundation representatives said the pilot will offer a prenatal payment and subsequent payments that they described as totaling $7,500 per child over the pilot period. “RX Kids Kalamazoo is a cash allowance for every birth in the city of Kalamazoo,” Kevin Ford, the city’s shared prosperity…
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