Rhode Island will create a "Baby Bonds" program for newborns in low-income families enrolled in RI Works. The program will provide $3,000 bonds for eligible newborns, projected to grow to ...

SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — Parents in California can now have access to free baby boxes. Dozens of families gathered in Los Angeles Wednesday for the launch of a statewide program. The creators of the Baby ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Connecticut State Treasurer Erick Russell is shown speaking at a Connecticut Mirror event in New Haven in June 2024. Russell was ...

Gov. Ned Lamont with children at the Bridge Family Resource Center in West Hartford after an update on the baby bonds program. Credit: MARK PAZNIOKAS / CTMIRROR.ORG Each of the 7,810 babies born to ...

The Connecticut legislature made history in 2021 when it became the first in the country to pass a baby bonds program, which would invest money on behalf of children born into lower-income families.

In 2021, Connecticut moved into the national spotlight with an ambitious new policy: giving babies on Medicaid $3,200 in a publicly funded tax-free account, with the state treasurer’s office holding ...

(KUTV) — Intermountain Medical Center’s NICU has a new set of visitors—volunteer cuddlers. This is part of a new program providing the smallest patients in the hospital some extra comfort care. “They ...

REDMOND, Ore. (KTVZ) -- NeighborImpact’s Child Care Resources is seeking qualified applicants for free, quality child care for children ages 6 weeks to 3 years. The program, Baby Promise, provides ...

A Tulsa nonprofit is providing support to parents as they adjust to life with their new baby. The Parent Child Center of Tulsa “Family Connects” program includes free in-home visits for parents in ...