
National Diaper Bank Network Study of
Diaper Insecurity, Health, and Economic Mobility in the U.S.
The first fully-funded, national research project undertaken to assess the economic and fiscal impacts of free diaper distribution to families in need.
Diapers Matter
When families receive diapers from community-based diaper banks and/or basic needs banks, more families are able to work or attend school, healthcare spending is reduced, and children are healthier, according to the comprehensive findings of the soon-to-be-released National Diaper Bank Network Study of Diaper Insecurity, Health, and Economic Mobility in the U.S.
Commissioned by the National Diaper Bank Network (NDBN), in partnership with the Connecticut Center for Economic Analysis, the study assesses the economic and fiscal impacts of free diaper distribution to families in need. More than 65 NDBN-member diaper banks and basic needs banks throughout the country participated in the breakthrough research which is expected to impact national, state, and local public health policies and legislation.
The full study is expected to be relased in the summer of 2023. Preliminary state data, collected by particiapting diaper banks, is available below.
For more informaiton on the National Diaper Bank Network Study of Diaper Insecurity, Health, and Economic Mobility in the U.S., contact [email protected].
Lead Researchers
Kelley E.C. Massengale, PhD, MPH, Principal Investigator
Lynn Comer, MS, Co-Investigator
Major Funding
Seedlings Foundation
Diaper Need and Its Impact
State Fact Sheets
All NDBN-member diaper banks and basic needs banks were invited to participate in the National Diaper Bank Network Study of Diaper Insecurity, Health, and Economic Mobility in the U.S. Sixty-five (65) NDBN members chose to participate in the data collection. The following State Fact Sheets reflect the findings of the respective states for which statistically relevant sample sizes were collected and analysed as part of the study. Not all states are represented.
Participating NDBN Members
National Diaper Bank Network extends its gratitude to the following member diaper banks and basic needs banks whose active participation in the study made this research possible.
Alabama
- Birmingham – Bundles of Hope Diaper Bank
California
- Garden Grove –Community Action Partnership of Orange County
- Oakland – SupplyBank.Org
- Riverside – Junior League of Riverside Diaper Bank
Colorado
- Aurora – WeeCycle
- Greeley – United Way of Weld County
Florida
- Boca Raton – The Diaper Bank-Covered South Florida
- Fort Pierce – Treasure Coast Food Bank
- Jacksonville – Diaper Bank for Northeast Florida
- Miami – Miami Diaper Bank
- Winter Garden – Central Florida Diaper Bank
Georgia
- Athens – Athens Area Diaper Bank
- Norcross – Helping Mamas, Inc
Hawaii
- Honolulu – Aloha Diaper Bank
Illinois
- Chicago- Share Our Spare
- Evanston – Bundled Blessings Diaper Pantry
- Galesburg – Loving Bottoms Diaper Bank
- Waukegan – Keeping Families Covered
Iowa
- Cedar Rapids – Eastern Iowa Diaper Bank
Louisiana
- Shreveport – Basic Necessities
Maine
- Portland – Michael Klahr Jewish Family Services
Maryland
- Baltimore – ShareBaby, Inc.
Michigan
- Detroit – Metropolitan Detroit Diaper Bank
- Detroit – The Natural Momma Me Initiative
- Grand Rapids – Great Start Parent Coalition of Kent County
- Holland – Nestlings Diaper Bank
- Kalamazoo – St. Luke’s Diaper Bank (c/o St. Luke’s Episcopal Church)
Mississippi
- Clarksdale – Diaper Bank of the Delta
Missouri
- Kansas City – HappyBottoms
- New Madrid – Southeast Diaper Bank at New Madrid County Family Resource Center
- Springfield – Diaper Bank of the Ozarks
- St. Louis – St. Louis Area Diaper Bank
Nebraska
- Omaha – Nebraska Diaper Bank
Nevada
- Las Vegas – Baby’s Bounty
New Jersey
- Montclair – Modestly Cover Diaper Bank of Essex County NJ
- Warren – Moms Helping Moms Foundation
New York
- Melville – The Allied Foundation
- New York (Brooklyn) – Little Essentials
- Syracuse – CNY Diaper Bank
North Carolina
- Asheville- Babies Need Bottoms, Inc.
- Durham – Diaper Bank of North Carolina
Ohio
- Cincinnati – Sweet Cheeks Diaper Bank
- Columbus – Columbus Diaper Bank
- Dayton – Gem City Diaper Bank
- Youngstown – Project MKC
Oklahoma
- Tulsa – Emergency Infant Services
Pennsylvania
- Harrisburg – Healthy Steps Diaper Bank
- Norristown – Mitzvah Circle Foundation
- Philadelphia – Cradles to Crayons, PA
- Philadelphia – The Greater Philadelphia Diaper Bank
- Pittsburgh – Western Pennsylvania Diaper Bank
South Carolina
- Charleston – Bundles to Joy Diaper Bank
- Columbia – Power In Changing
South Dakota
- Sioux Falls – Society of St. Vincent de Paul of Sioux Falls
Tennessee
- Cordova (Memphis) – Sweet Cheeks Diaper Ministry
- Memphis – Mid-South Food Bank
- Nashville – Nashville Diaper Connection
Texas
- Austin – Austin Diaper Bank
- Dallas – Hope Supply Co.
- San Antonio – Texas Diaper Bank
Utah
- Logan – Little Lambs Foundation for Kids
- Provo – Utah Diaper Bank
Washington
- Issaquah – KidVantage
- Seattle – WestSide Baby