Philadelphia will pay pregnant women $1,000 per month
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CrystalRaindrops — 3 years ago(March 24, 2023 06:32 AM)
Philadelphia officials announced Monday they are fundraising to launch a trial program to give $1,000 monthly cash payments to expectant mothers who live in certain communities.
The Philadelphia Department of Public Health aims to start the Philly Joy Bank pilot in early 2024 to help ease racial disparities in infant mortality rates.
Philadelphia has the highest infant mortality rate during a child’s first year of life of the 10 most populated US cities, the city said.
“Infant mortality in Philadelphia is a solvable crisis,” health commissioner Dr. Cheryl Bettigole declared in a statement.
“We know that being able to better support pregnant people and new parents helps keep babies alive. As the poorest big city in the country, this is not always easy, especially in areas of the city that are being crushed by generational poverty and systemic racism.”
As part of the trial, new mothers are expected to receive payments for 18 months, including one year postpartum, the Philadelphia Inquirer reported.
To qualify, pregnant women must have an annual household income of less than $100,000.
The Philly Joy Bank will primarily target those who live in the Cobbs Creek, Strawberry Mansion, and Nicetown-Tioga neighborhoods, as their rates of low birth weights are the highest in the city, officials said.
There are no rules for how the money must be spent.
In addition to the cash, new mothers are also promised “voluntary support,” like home visits, lactation support, doulas, and financial counseling.
The city said it hopes to raise $6 million for the program, having already secured $3 million so far from the William Penn Foundation and Spring Point Partners.
This funding is enough to help around 250 pregnant mothers.
Philadelphia is not the first city to start a program like this.
NYC launched the Bridge Project in 2021, providing up to $1,000 every month for three years with no strings attached.
The first phase targeted mothers living in Washington Heights, Inwood, and Central Harlem.
https://nypost.com/2023/03/22/philadelphia-to-pay-pregnant-women-1k-per-month-solvable-crisis/ -
WarrenPeace — 3 years ago(March 24, 2023 07:02 AM)
In a related story Philadelphia will be discontinuing the city slogan of being the City of Brotherly Love since they are a northern and not a southern city and see no reason to create any kind of connection to incest in supporting expectant mothers with cash payouts.
The current new slogans being considered are:
Where the sports teams are getting better
or
Hey! Come visit us instead of Pittsburg which is the Pitts of Pennsylvania!
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WarrenPeace — 3 years ago(March 24, 2023 07:49 AM)
Darn you!
Why didn't I think of that one?
That is good.
I love it when I see your name in my inbox!
Or when I see you in the icebox since there are Crystal Raindrops in there!
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CrystalRaindrops — 3 years ago(March 24, 2023 07:55 AM)
lol, thanks! If not for you, most of my threads would have 2 replies (and some would have 0). I saw someone posting about cliques here. The only cliques I've noticed here are me in one clique and everyone else in another clique.
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WarrenPeace — 3 years ago(March 24, 2023 08:00 AM)
Happy to help!
Yeah, I started a thread on how I don't understand or get into the board drama.
I much prefer the chatting we do.
Dunno why others are not into it or don't seem to want to get along as much.
There are times when folks do but it seems the majority are into insults and fighting.
Oh well.
At least we have what we do.
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CrystalRaindrops — 3 years ago(March 24, 2023 08:12 AM)
Thanks!
I know, I see the same exact conversations over and over again in these arguments. I've repeated myself sometimes too (especially when posters from the old board return and we reminisce). But from what I've seen, a lot of the arguments are the same thing over and over again.
I just exit the thread when I realize what I'm reading has turned into a fight thread. I don't know how anyone has the patience (or the interest) to read (or take part in) 50 or 100 posts of arguing. Sometimes I skim and it's just two people going back and forth in their argument, even though the thread has so many replies.