Nushrat Rahman

Detroit Free Press What happens when families have extra cash on hand each month — no strings attached? Hundreds of moms in two different cities are finding out.

The Detroit Free Press spoke to Dr. Mona Hanna, co-director of Rx Kids, a program that provides cash payments to moms before and after birth.

Two programs, one in Michigan and the other in Mississippi, aim to ease the economic hurdles families face, as prices for the basics remain high.

The Detroit Free Press spoke to Dr. Mona Hanna, co-director of Rx Kids, a program that provides cash payments to moms before and after birth.

Detroit Free Press Across the region, metro Detroiters need food assistance.

Nonprofits have reported high levels of need all year and that's growing in the winter. Agencies say they need volunteers, warm clothes and money.

The state House failed to act on legislation that would have provided long-term funding for the Lifeline Plan, which reduces eligible Detroiters' water bill to as low as $18 a month and wipes away debt from overdue bills.

Detroit Free Press A lack of action in the Michigan House of Representatives has thrown the future of Detroit's widely used water affordability program into question.

A year in review: cash for moms, street medicine, housing voucher holdups and more.

Brooklyn Washington, 3, gets a drink from the refrigerator as her mother Shaquille Washington, 31, braids the hair of Jordyn Hardin, 9, in her apartment at Commonwealth Village on Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024, in Jackson, Mississippi. (Credit: Ryan Garza, Detroit Free Press)