A program in Flint, Mich., offers women $1,500 as soon as their pregnancies are confirmed, and another $500 a month after their babies are born. The result has been lowered rates of maternal postpartum depression, stabilized families’ housing, improved infant outcomes, and a saving of millions of dollars in Neonatal Intensive Care Unit spending.
The US town that pays every pregnant woman $1,500: ‘We’re not OK with our babies being born into poverty’
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/15/rx-kids-flint-michigan-pregnancy
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