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.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/6000x4000+0+0/resize/6000x4000!/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F93%2F5e%2F7d301ebf40efb124d72b6221d9e2%2Fap24185660184896.jpg)
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.
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