Dec 7, 2023 | Diaper need, How to, Local issues
What’s accepted? When it comes to making a difference in the lives of families and infants, donating diapers is a direct and impactful way to help. The National Diaper Bank Network (NDBN) and its network of more than 225 member diaper banks throughout the US,...
Oct 27, 2023 | Diaper need, Public health
In the United States, the glaring issue of daycare inequity is reaching a boiling point. Despite a significant influx of funding into childcare during the pandemic, especially early childhood education, the resources are dwindling, leaving families grappling with...
Oct 16, 2023 | Diaper need, NDBN members
By: Lee Ann Porter, Executive Director of Loving Bottoms Diaper Bank I never miss NDBN’s annual conference because I learn so much that I can take home to power up my own work. Just as importantly, I get to spend time with my people, other basic needs bankers who are...
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...
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...
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...