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County official: Rx Kids cash-assistance program expands to entire Upper Peninsula
Summary
The health department presenter said the Rx Kids pilot will expand across the Upper Peninsula starting March 1, offering $1,500 to pregnant mothers and $500 per month for six months; the program is funded for three years.
The county's public-health presenter (S6) told commissioners the Rx Kids pilot, developed with clinicians at MSU and U of M, is expanding across the Upper Peninsula effective March 1 and will remain funded for another three years. The presenter said the program provides a one-time payment of $1,500 to pregnant mothers and $500 per month for the first six months after birth.
Commissioners praised the program's targeted support for families and noted the economic benefit as recipients spend benefits in local grocery stores. The presenter described Rx Kids as both a public-health intervention to support maternal and infant health and a local economic stimulus as benefits are redeemed in county stores.
