Kathleen Bolter

Dec 27, 2024 | bridgemi.com | Kathleen Bolter

A year ago, Rx Kids, an innovative “cash prescription” program, launched in Flint. The program provides parents with a one-time payment of $1,500 during pregnancy and $500 monthly for the first year after birth. All pregnant persons in the city of Flint are eligible to enroll regardless of income, creating a straightforward program design that minimizes bureaucracy for both participants and administrators.

Jun 2, 2023 | brookings.edu | Timothy J. Bartik |Aaron Sojourner |Kathleen Bolter

The United States has long struggled with the challenge of providing quality, affordable child care for working parents. Recent proposed investments in the “care economy”—part of President Joe Biden’s Build Back Better agenda—were left on the congressional cutting room floor. Despite this setback, the administration continues to take steps to address the issue through executive action, as our Brookings Metro colleague Molly Kinder observed recently.