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In Flint, Cash for Pregnant Women Leads to Better Outcomes for Babies

New research suggests money with no strings attached can promote better health, but other studies have seen mixed results.

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 published Wednesday.

The program, called Rx Kids, gave women a lump sum of $1,500 midway through their pregnancies and $500 a month through the first year of the child’s life, with no restrictions on how they could use the money. After it was established in 2024, rates of premature birth declined, and fewer babies were born underweight or in need of neonatal intensive care. The study, published in The Lancet Public Health, also found that more pregnant women received prenatal care, and fewer smoked.

“Moms told us, ‘Because of these dollars, I can take a day off work and pay for gas to go to my prenatal appointment,’” said Dr. Mona Hanna, director of Rx Kids and the senior author of the new paper.

The new report offered one of the most optimistic recent assessments of cash transfer programs. Results from other similar programs across the country have been mixed. But the Flint initiative is one of several that target pregnancy and the first year of a baby’s life, when income often dips just as expenses increase. This critical period influences a child’s development and long-term health trajectory, said Dr. Hanna, who is also associate dean of public health at Michigan State University College of Human Medicine.

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Fighting against drought-induced hunger: FAO provides rural households in Somalia with cash livestock and agricultural support

Fighting against drought-induced hunger: FAO provides rural households in Somalia with cash livestock and agricultural support

Both livestock and agriculture play an important role in Somalia’s economy, with the two sectors being the main sources of economic activity, employment, and export in the country ROME, Italy, December 1, 2021/APO Group/ — Sureedo lives on her farm in Qoordumey village, Dolow, Somalia. She grows fruits and vegetables with her family and was among the 2 500 rural farming households affected by the…

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FG announces date to recommence cash transfer payment to beneficiaries

FG announces date to recommence cash transfer payment to beneficiaries

The National Cash Transfer Office(NCTO) under the Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development is set to recommence payment of Conditional Cash Transfers to beneficiaries nationwide on Aug. 23. The National Coordinator of the programme, Hajiya Halima Shehu, said this while speaking with State Focal Persons of the National Social Investment Programme who…

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Congress leader urges PM Modi to announce cash transfer of Rs 6,000 per month to needy amid lockdown

Congress leader urges PM Modi to announce cash transfer of Rs 6,000 per month to needy amid lockdown

Image Source : PTI/ REPRESENTATIONAL. Congress leader urges PM Modi to announce cash transfer of Rs 6,000 per month to needy amid lockdown. Congress leader in the Lok Sabha Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday to announce direct cash transfer of Rs 6,000 per month to the poor and needy to cope with the lockdown. In a letter to the prime minister, Chowdhury…

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A Canadian study gave $7,500 to homeless people. Here’s how they spent it.

The results show the power of cash transfers to reduce homelessness.

gave them each one lump sum of $7,500 (in Canadian dollars). And it told them to do whatever they wanted with the cash. 

“ The results? The people who received cash transfers moved into stable housing faster and saved enough money to maintain financial security over the year of follow-up. They decreased spending on drugs, tobacco, and alcohol by 39 percent on average, and increased spending on food, clothes, and rent 

 giving out the cash transfers in the Vancouver area actually saved the broader society money. Enabling 50 people to move into housing faster saved the shelter system $8,100 per person over the year, for a total savings of $405,000. That’s more than the value of the cash transfers, which means the transfers pay for themselves.”