The city of Detroit will soon welcome the Rx Kids program, which gives financial support to pregnant women and new mothers.

The city plans to provide $1,500 during pregnancy and $500 a month after birth as part of an effort to reduce infant ...

Rx Kids, a program that offers pregnant moms cash assistance, is growing quickly in Michigan. It will come to Detroit next.

Newly sworn-in Detroit Mayor Mary Sheffield will support families with newborns through cash assistance as part of the ...

DETROIT (AP) — When the U.S. Census Bureau starts counting people next year in Detroit, obstacles are bound to arise: The city has tens of thousands of vacant houses, sparse internet access and high ...

Sheffield became Detroit's 76th mayor and first woman to be elected mayor after taking the oath of office in the morning on ...

Southfield (CW50) - There are many approaches that can be taken in order to lower Detroit's poverty rates. These include increasing employment and job training, public transportation, affordable ...

DETROIT (CBS DETROIT) - Poverty in Detroit has dropped for the third straight year according to new U.S. Census Bureau released Thursday. The U.S Census Bureau report on poverty level in Detroit: The ...

Disgraced ex-Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, who lived the good life on the outside, is getting a federally court-appointed attorney after pleading poverty Tuesday during his arraignment on federal ...

According to the Census Bureau, Detroit is the most impoverished major city in the nation. And conditions are getting worse. Quinn Klinefelter of Detroit Public Radio reports. It's been six weeks ...

Low-income Americans are bearing the brunt of COVID-19. Detroit, a city already facing steep economic and racial inequalities, has emerged as a virus hot spot. John Yang from our partners at PBS ...