Every baby deserves a clean diaper

Every baby deserves a clean diaper.

No mother or caregiver should have to keep their baby in dirty, soiled diapers simply due to lack of affordable access. That's where Help a Mother Out (HAMO) comes in. Their mission is to improve baby and family well-being by increasing access to diapers for families in need. Their vision is a day when every baby has a healthy supply of diapers.

Over their last fiscal year, HAMO distributed over 13 million diapers, putting $5.2 million back into the hands of the communities they serve. For every $1 they spend on programming, they save families $2 - wow!

Why Diapers?

• Diapers are a small thing but they have a big impact. It is not uncommon for families to make impossible decisions between buying diapers for their baby, feeding themselves, or other basic human needs.
• Specifically, we see diaper need affecting three areas of baby/family life:
  • Health and well-being: If a family is not able to afford diapers, a baby could spend extended periods of time in soiled or reused diapers. This can lead to a myriad of health complications, including rash, infection, and even more widespread disease outbreaks.
  • Access to education: A supply of clean diapers is required for a baby to attend most childcare programs. Without diapers, toddlers do not get a fair start on their education. 
  • Self-sufficiency: If toddlers cannot attend childcare, parents/caregivers cannot attend school or work, thus remaining under-employed. 
• Diapers are not covered by federal public assistance programs like SNAP (aka food stamps) or WIC (Women Infants Children).
• Diapers are expensive: a month’s supply can cost a family upwards of $100 (retail), a huge expense for low-income families.
• A study published by the Journal of Pediatrics (2013) linked diaper need to higher incidents of maternal depression. Lacking enough diapers for their baby made mothers feel like “bad mothers.”
• While non-disposable diapering options are available to well-resourced families, low-income families often live in transition, and diapers often represent a larger portion of their monthly expenditures. They also likely lack access to private laundry facilities, and public laundromats prohibit laundering cloth diapers.

When you give, good things happen...

$50 delivers two cases of diapers (350+) to a vulnerable family.

$150 provides a month’s supply of diapers (1250+) for six newborn babies.

$250 provides diapers (2,000+) to a parent support group for one month.

$500 stocks a family resource center’s baby closet with diapers (4,000+).

$1,000 supplies a month of diapers (8,000+) for a family home visiting program.

$1,500 delivers two pallets of diapers (12,000+) to public health programs.

$5,000 supports one community partner for one month.

Because Every Baby Deserves a Clean Diaper.® You can help.