Pregnants mother could receive $1500 a month to cover living expenses.

A pregnancy welfare program is expanding into the Upper Peninsula. Rx Kids is a public-private partnership that gives unconditional cash to pregnant women to help cover living expenses. Starting March 3, mothers in Alger, Chippewa, Luce, Mackinac and Schoolcraft counties can apply for the program. Rx Kids began in Flint last year and just came online in Kalamazoo. The expansion is in part thanks to a $20-million item in the state budget. David Barr Michigan News Source.