HANCOCK, MI— Copper Shores Community Health Foundation and the Keweenaw Community Foundation played a part in expanding the Rx Kids program to the western Upper Peninsula.
Rx Kids is the nation’s first community-wide prenatal and infant cash prescription program. Expectant parents can apply to receive $1,500 during pregnancy, followed by $500 in monthly payments throughout their child’s first six months of life.
Of the program’s total cost in the U.P., the majority of funding was allocated by a bipartisan agreement through the Michigan Legislature and the remainder covered by public-private partnerships. In Baraga, Houghton, Keweenaw, and Ontonagon Counties, Copper Shores Community Health Foundation and the Keweenaw Community Foundation contributed a combined $150,000 in funding to expand Rx Kids to the region.
