May 5, 2023 | Diaper need, Economics, Legislation, State issues
Debate around the debt ceiling is bizarrely focused on making it harder for hungry Americans to access the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program (SNAP). America is not having trouble balancing the books because people in poverty are eating too well. Compared...
Mar 24, 2023 | NDBN members
When I started the Lane County Diaper Bank along with Dina Harper, there were so many packages of diapers stacked in my living room that my son used them to build forts. Four years and 300,000 diapers later, Lane County Diaper Bank has an office and off-site storage...
Jan 20, 2023 | NDBN members
Lake County, Illinois-based Keeping Families Covered has expanded into McHenry County, doubling the area where it will provide material basic necessities like diapers, period supplies and incontinence products to families in need. In addition to its Waukegan...
Dec 13, 2022 | Diaper need, Public health, Uncategorized
Many American men and women suffer from urinary incontinence. While statistically, it’s hard to say just how many people suffer from urinary incontinence, it’s estimated that 25 million adult Americans experience temporary or chronic urinary incontinence. Due to...
Nov 9, 2022 | Public health
Did you know that babies without enough clean diapers are exposed to more potential health risks & are less likely to be accepted to daycares? In fact, there are a variety of health and financial issues that can stem from not having access to an adequate supply of...
Sep 1, 2022 | Advocacy, Public health
Have you, like many others, found yourself wondering if cloth diapers are a good choice for your family? With the increasing popularity of cloth diapers, it is not surprising that this question has become quite common among parents of young children. While there are a...
Jul 14, 2022 | Advocacy, Federal issues, Uncategorized
Black Mothers & Pregnant Women Are Struggling In The US Black women in the United States experience unacceptably poor maternal health outcomes. This sadly includes a disproportionately high rate of death related to pregnancy or childbirth throughout the...
Apr 8, 2022 | About NDBN, Advocacy, Op-Ed
The follow is an excerpt from an April 7, 2022 Op-Ed written for Candid. The community leaders who make up the Black Diaper Bank Coalition (BDBC) come from different places around the country. Some run small, volunteer-based organizations; others run major nonprofits....
Apr 8, 2022 | About NDBN, Advocacy, Diaper need, Economics, Op-Ed
In an op-ed for Common Dreams, NDBN CEO Joanne Samuel Goldblum writes: At the height of Covid, diaper banks across the US upped their diaper contributions to communities by 86%, and we have no intention of scaling back, because the need did not diminish alongside the...
