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Resources
One in three Families
In the U.S. cannot afford an adequate supply of diapers for their children.
Providing diapers to families
Eliminates $4.3 Million in Medical Costs
due to reductions in both incidences and days of diaper rash.
Distribution Locations
6039 Main Street, Manchester, VT 05255
(802) 362-0057
The Kitchen Cupboard of the Greater Bennington Interfaith Council
121 Depot Street Bennington, VT 05201
(802) 447-3700
28 Depot Street, Poultney, VT 05764
The Salem Food Cupboard of Salem NY
32 East Broadway Salem, NY 12865
(518) 222-5638
All other inquires please contact Jackie Haft
(802) 287-1007
More Facts...
Fifty-one percent (2,679) of all adults living in households receiving diapers are employed. In fact, 32 percent of the adults work a total of 30 hours per week in one or more jobs or as full-time employees.
Completing educational programs improves diaper recipients’ annual earnings potential by nearly $10,000, on average. Based on the level of programs in which diaper recipients are enrolled, successful completion of these programs would increase the expected wage and salary base of all students in diaper recipient households by $1,825,638. This amounts to an average wage and salary increase of $9,985 annually per graduate
The labor participation rate—defined as adults working or looking for work—is slightly higher among households receiving diapers (70%) than the current state average for all adults in Connecticut (67%). However, the unemployment rate—defined as adults looking for but unable to find work—is significantly higher among diaper recipient households, at 18.2 percent, when compared to the highest state and national unemployment rates in 2016, of 5.5 percent and 5 percent, respectively, but not far above nation’s December youth unemployment rate of 14.4 percent.
More than 60 percent of families receiving diapers report incomes of less than the $20,000 per year, well below the federal poverty level. More than 90 percent of families receiving diapers live on less than $40,000 per year, which is approximately 160 percent of the federal poverty level for a family of three.
Incidences of diaper rash declined 33 percent (from 627 to 420) among children whose families received supplies of clean diapers, plus babies experienced 77 percent fewer days of diaper rash.
One in three (33%) recipient households relies on child care an average of 4.5 days/week. The dominant reason is to go to work: 75 percent choose work as the sole reason; and another 20 percent cite work as one of multiple reasons
More than half (56%) of parents using child care to go to work have missed work because of an inadequate supply of diapers. Parents unable to access child care because of a lack of diapers missed work or school on average 4 days per month.