A serious case of vote buying and/or stimulating population growth?
Why not $10,000 or more! Don't be so stingy! Caution: satire! So far only 444 families are enrolled and roughly $1,482 were paid out per family.
The new program is named as if it was some medication, i.e. "Rx"!
"Interrupting Parental Poverty [Really!]
Cash aid will be soon distributed to every new mother in Flint, Michigan—with the hope of improving early childhood outcomes. ...
The details: The cash transfer program, Rx Kids, will begin payouts during pregnancy to encourage prenatal care; $7,500 in cash aid will be distributed over the course a year."
From the program's website:
"More potent than any prescribed pill, Rx Kids aims to improve health, hope, and opportunity. Science demonstrates the lifelong consequences of early adversity but also the promise of science-based, community-driven solutions. For many families, income plunges, and poverty spikes right before a child is born and remains high throughout the first year. Built on the tremendous success of the expanded Child Tax Credit, which cut child poverty to its lowest level in recorded history, and in line with global evidence, Rx Kids boldly reimagines how we care for each other by walking alongside families during the challenging time of pregnancy and infancy."
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