Detroit mothers have watched Rx Kids roll through Wayne County with real money attached—$1,500 during pregnancy, then $500 a month through a baby’s first six months—while the largest city in the county sat on the outside looking in. Residents kept asking the same question: if the goal is to stabilize moms and babies, why would Detroit be left out?
Answer: jurisdiction.
Wayne County’s Health Department, Human Services, and Veterans Services runs public health programming for communities that do not operate their own municipal health departments…