{"id":28919,"date":"2025-05-30T07:26:29","date_gmt":"2025-05-30T07:26:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/a-pediatrician-helped-expose-flints-water-crisis-now-shes-fighting-poverty-one-baby-at-a-time\/"},"modified":"2025-05-30T07:26:29","modified_gmt":"2025-05-30T07:26:29","slug":"a-pediatrician-helped-expose-flints-water-crisis-now-shes-fighting-poverty-one-baby-at-a-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/a-pediatrician-helped-expose-flints-water-crisis-now-shes-fighting-poverty-one-baby-at-a-time\/","title":{"rendered":"A pediatrician helped expose Flint&#8217;s water crisis. Now she&#8217;s fighting poverty one baby at a time."},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p><em>Flint, Michigan<\/em> \u2014 At a parade last year in Flint, Michigan, every family and their babies celebrated a gift from the same woman \u2014 <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/detroit\/news\/flint-doctor-honored-as-usa-today-woman-of-the-year-for-michigan\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">pediatrician Dr. Mona Hanna<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;How can you say no to these babies? Like how can you say no?&#8221; Hanna told CBS News.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/detroit\/news\/program-to-provide-cash-for-pregnant-women-in-flint-and-families-with-newborns\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Rx kids<\/a><\/span>, a program she created to give cash to pregnant moms, is an American first. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I wanted something that literally would be able to prescribe away the pathogen of poverty,&#8221; Hanna said. &#8220;I wanted something that I could pull out of my doctor&#8217;s bag, pull out of my white coat that literally would be able to prescribe away the pathogen of poverty. Poverty makes kids sick. So I wanted to prevent it.&#8221;  <\/p>\n<p>She&#8217;s raised more than $100 million, 80% of which is from private donors. Now, every expectant mother in Flint, regardless of income, can get $1,500 during her pregnancy. Once the baby is born, it&#8217;s $500 a month for up to a year \u2014 no strings attached.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;So what we are hearing from our families is that this amount of money is a lifesaver, a game changer for our families,&#8221; Hanna said. &#8220;They can afford to pay their rent. They can buy diapers for their baby. They can buy formula. They don&#8217;t have to choose between being homeless or having a roof over their heads.&#8221; \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>When asked how to know if the money is being spent on the right things, Hanna said, &#8220;This is based on global evidence. Our families&#8230;through multiple surveys, we know that they&#8217;re spending this money No. 1 on baby supplies, and then on food, rent utilities, transportation, childcare.&#8221; \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are telling families, &#8216;We see you, we hear you, and we trust you,'&#8221; she added.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0Hanna knows child poverty runs in Flint&#8217;s bloodstream. In 2015, <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/pediatrician-who-sounded-alarm-on-flints-water-still-doesnt-drink-tap-water-there-or-anywhere\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">she brought national attention<\/a><\/span> to the city&#8217;s corroding water pipes and <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/the-flint-water-crisis-a-loss-of-trust\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">linked them to children with lead poisoning<\/a><\/span>. Now she&#8217;s tackling poverty.<\/p>\n<p>In four areas of Michigan, any expectant mother can apply. But in Flint, the program reports 60% of enrolled families have an annual household income of less than $10,000.<\/p>\n<p>When Angela Sintery was pregnant with her daughter Jolena, she remembers filling out a five-minute questionnaire. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Two weeks later, I had money in my bank account,&#8221; Sintery said, adding that the money allowed her not to stress out and focus on her baby instead.<\/p>\n<p>Michigan State Sen. John Damoose is a conservative Republican from a red district. He&#8217;s no fan of handouts, but pushed hard to get Rx Kids in his district.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s extremely efficient. There&#8217;s no government bureaucracy whatsoever. This is actually a great program that meets people right where they need it,&#8221; Damoose said.<\/p>\n<p>Since early last year, Rx Kids has spread roughly $10 million to more than 2,200 families.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This is a plug-and-play program. It is already built with dollars at the table. 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