New parents in Baltimore could get a $1,000 'baby bonus' to reduce childhood poverty
![Nate Golden, president of the Maryland Child Alliance, holds a petition form for the Baltimore Baby Fund, on Wednesday in Baltimore.](../themes/icons/grey.gif)
Organizers secured the necessary 10,000 signatures to bring the question to voters as a ballot initiative in November. The proposal is loosely modeled on a program implemented in Flint, Mich.
(Image credit: Stephanie Scarbrough)
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