The additional funding will allow Rx Kids to expand in more low-income communities and reach about 100,000 babies over the next few years.

Song and prayer enveloped about 150 mourners as they paid their respects to 9-year-old Darnell Currie Jr. and 2-year-old A'millah Currie.

RX Kids provides cash to expectant moms and babies — no strings attached. It's 'a great idea,' said Republican state Sen. John Damoose.

Michigan will experiment with guaranteed income in Flint, one of its poorest cities, giving expectant and new moms $7,500 — no strings attached — to lift the stress of poverty from their newborns.

Undocumented immigrants account for about 1.3% of Michigan’s population, according to a 2022 estimate.

Rx Kids, a program providing $7,500 to expectant mothers and families with babies, began in Flint. Now it's in Kalamazoo.

At issue was whether people could recoup the money before the 2020 decision so the matter went back to the high court.

The Double Up Food Bucks program matches money spent on fruit and vegetables for families who receive food assistance.

Across Michigan, there are several lawsuits in state and federal court arguing that former property owners, not counties, deserve profits from tax foreclosure sales.

Ann Arbor joins other U.S. cities testing the idea that recurring cash sets families up for financial success. A national nonprofit recently pitched a program for Detroit.