In 2015, Dr. Mona Hanna brought national attention to the corroding water pipes in Flint, Michigan, and linked them to children with lead poisoning. Now she's tackling poverty one baby at a time. Mark Strassmann reports.

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Dr. Mona Hanna, a pediatrician known for exposing lead poisoning in Flint, Michigan, has developed a program called Rx Kids to address poverty among expectant mothers. The program provides $1,500 during pregnancy and $500 monthly for up to a year after birth, totaling up to $7,500 with no restrictions on spending. 

Funded primarily by private donors, Rx Kids is available to all pregnant women in four Michigan areas, including Flint, where many families have incomes below $10,000 annually. The program aims to reduce financial stress for families and improve early childhood outcomes by trusting recipients to use the funds as needed.

Pediatrician aims to tackle poverty by giving cash to pregnant moms

The subject of our next story is offering, on her Web site, No Strings Attached Love. Now that we have your attention, we want to tell you about the unique program she created to get the lives of kids off to a good start. Mark Strassman has tonight's Eye on America. In Flint, Michigan, every family in this baby parade celebrated a gift from the same woman, pediatrician Mona Hanna. How can you say no to these babies? Like how can you say no? Dr. Mona to just about everybody. The program she's created here is an American first, Rx Kids. You sound amazing. So what was the idea? I wanted something that literally would be able to prescribe away the pathogen of poverty. She's raised more than $100 million, 80% from private donors. Now every expectant mother in Flint, regardless of income, can get $1,500 during her pregnancy. Once the baby's born, it's $500 a month for up to a year. Up to $7,500, no strings attached. This amount of money is a lifesaver, a game changer for our families. They can buy diapers. They don't have to choose between being homeless or having a roof over their heads. How do you know that the money that you give these folks will be spent on the right things? This is based on global evidence. We are telling families, we see you, we hear you, and we trust you. Hannah knows child poverty runs in Flint's bloodstream. There is no safe level of lead in a child, none. In 2015, she brought national attention to the city's corroding water pipes and linked them to children with lead poisoning. Now she's tackling poverty. We literally have like created a program based on love. In four areas of Michigan, any expectant mother can apply. But this is telling. Here in Flint, the program reports 60% of enrolled families have an annual household income of less than $10,000. When Angela Century was pregnant with her daughter Jolena, she remembers filling out a five-minute questionnaire. Two weeks later, I had money in my bank account. What kind of a difference did having this money make? I didn't have to stress out, and I could focus on the baby. Michigan State Senator John DeMoose is a conservative Republican from a red district. He's no fan of handouts, but pushed hard to get RxKids in his district. It's extremely efficient. There's no government bureaucracy whatsoever. This is actually a great program that meets people right where they need it. Since early last year, RxKids has spread roughly $10 million to more than 2,200 families. So this is a plug-and-play program. It is already built. With dollars at the table, we are ready to go live in communities across the nation. A baby gift with a lifelong impact. Now that deserves a parade. For Eye on America, I'm Mark Strassman in Flint, Michigan.

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