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A program that gave women in Flint, Mich., money during pregnancy and after childbirth significantly improved their health and that of their newborns, according to a new study.

By summer 2026, a cash aid program for moms and babies, designed with "no strings attached," will have gone from operating in one city to more than 60 communities across Michigan, reaching an estimated 23,000 infants a year.

A new peer-reviewed study published in JAMA Pediatrics provides rigorous, population-level evidence that the Rx Kids program is associated with substantial reductions in child maltreatment investigations among infants.

Over two months this winter, six University of Michigan student artists created art pieces that illustrate quotes from GIG A2 participants about what the monthly payments meant to them.

A new traveling art exhibit called No Strings, curated by University of Michigan’s Poverty Solutions, showcases art by six U-M students that illustrates quotes from participants in the Guaranteed Income to Grow Ann Arbor (GIG A2) pilot program.

Artists, Ann Arbor leaders, University of Michigan researchers and participants and supporters of the GIG A2 Guaranteed Income to Grow Ann Arbor program were on hand for the unveiling of several colorful artwork prints.

Since its launch at the start of 2024, Rx Kids, a prenatal and infant direct cash support program that started in Flint and has expanded to communities around Michigan, has prescribed over $29 million in funds to 8,348 families, according to a new pr...

University of Michigan community members, students and faculty gathered in the Ford School of Public Policy Wednesday afternoon to attend “The debate about cash transfers,” a panel on the impacts of cash transfer programs — which provide direct payme...

Rx Kids, a prenatal and infant direct cash support program that has been implemented in a number of municipalities throughout Michigan, was repeatedly mentioned by candidates and panelists as an example of the kind of policy that supports mothers.

The success of other countries shows these programs can work in the United States.

Poverty Solutions at the University of Michigan, which designed and implemented the program, has now released its report on the findings from the first year.

A two-year guaranteed basic income pilot program in Ann Arbor that provided $528 monthly payments to entrepreneurs with low- to moderate-income has concluded with mixed results, according to researchers.

One year into Ann Arbor’s guaranteed income pilot program, the most common uses of the monthly payments were food, household supplies, and housing, according to a new report from the University of Michigan. 

A new Upjohn Institute analysis of the Flint program, which began in 2024 and is jointly publicly and privately funded, found that it increased local per-capita income by $2.40 for every dollar spent. While it may seem obvious that sending people mon...

William Elliott III, a professor of social work at the University of Michigan, said he's concerned that many people, including lower-income families, will lose out because people in general don't buy into programs with extra paperwork.

Research has shown that children who have investment accounts, including those growing up in poor families, are more likely to go to college.

Rx Kids, an anti-poverty cash aid program for new and expectant mothers, received $270 million in the state budget that Michigan governor Gretchen Whitmer signed into law.

A temporary, pandemic-era expansion of the Child Tax Credit improved housing affordability for families with low incomes, according to University of Michigan research.