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As a social worker in Connecticut, Joanne kept encountering families without any toilet paper or diapers – and eventually learned that these essentials aren’t covered by food stamps or any other government-assistance program. She knew that without an adequate supply of diapers, families with young children were at an increased risk for health and parenting complications, so in June 2004 Joanne held the first Diaper Bank distribution in her own home, providing close to 5,000 diapers for poor and low-income families in New Haven...Read Story |