“Diaper need” is defined as the lack of a sufficient supply of diapers to keep an infant or child clean, dry, and healthy.

1 in 3 families in our community are faced with that dilemma on a daily basis. Families are often forced to stretch their supply - meaning they prolong diaper changes or even reuse soiled diapers. Parents can also lose their jobs or miss out on income since at most daycares you aren’t able to drop your baby off without a sufficient amount of diapers. Of course, no daycare means no work.

 

According to the National Diaper Bank Network, the average cost of annual infant care in single parent households in Georgia is a whopping 36%. That means for a mama working full-time in GA making $7.25 an hour, she has about $742.40 left for everything else after paying for her child(ren)’s daycare, diapers, wipes, formula, etc. That’s a little under $750 to cover her family’s housing, utilities, transportation, groceries and fun spending.