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Enrollment Open: Flint Makes History with Launch of Rx Kids
On January 10, 2024, at 10 am, City of Flint pregnant moms and newborns started enrolling in Rx Kids, the first citywide maternal and infant cash pres...
MSU, Henry Ford Health, Corewell Health Announce $19M Maternal Health Research Center
A new statewide center led by researchers at Henry Ford Health + Michigan State University Health Sciences and Corewell Health will study ways to redu...
Michigan as a Model to Address Infant Poverty
New Rx Kids Program Funded by $16.5M in State Budget
Rx Kids, the nation’s first citywide prenatal and infant cash allowance program, receives approv...
$500,000 Grant to Support Moms and Babies in Flint
Michigan State University receives 1 of 42 grants awarded from the Michigan Health Endowment Fund. $500,000 will support Flint Rx Kids, the first city...
Flint Lead Free Report Highlights $202 Million in Economic Benefits
The 2023 Flint Lead Free report captures city-wide lead elimination efforts. Building upon previous years (2017 and 2021), this report features broad ...
Rx Kids Program Aims to Tackle Poverty to Improve the Health of City of Flint Moms and Babies
Thanks to an intended $15 million “challenge” grant from the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation, Flint moms and babies could soon benefit from an innovat...
Michigan State University, Henry Ford Health, Brown University Announce New Suicide Prevention Research Center
$15M NIH Award to Link Health Care and Justice Systems
NIH Grant to Examine Universal Postpartum Depression Prevention for Moms
Maternal mental health is a critical public health component of perinatal care and maternal safety. Postpartum depression can have lasting consequence...
Discriminatory Housing Practices and Food Environment Disparities
We know that structural racism has far-reaching and enduring impacts on the built environment of neighborhoods and on the health of the people who liv...
Fruit and Vegetable Prescription Program Receives Award
Each year, the Society for Nutrition Education and Behavior (SNEB) recognizes individuals or groups who have contributed significantly to creating and...
Fighting COVID and Future Diseases
The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services is enlisting experts and resources at Michigan State University to bolster the state’s fight agai...
Addressing HEALTH for the Formerly Incarcerated
The number of individuals released from state and federal prison has increased substantially in recent years. According to The Bureau of Justice Stati...
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