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BAHP demand $200mn from Congress to restore diaper supply

17 May '20
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The National Diaper Bank Network (NDBN), a US-based non-profit organisation and the Center for Baby and Adult Hygiene Products (BAHP), a trade association for personal hygiene products, have called on the Congress to provide financial support of $200 million in emergency grant funding for the purchase and distribution of diapers for babies and toddlers.
 
“As the Covid-19 pandemic has upended life across the country and resulted in millions of parents and primary caregivers being laid off, the demand on community-based diaper banks and diaper distribution programs to provide emergency support has never been greater,” Joanne Goldblum, CEO of the National Diaper Bank Network, said in a press release. “Through partnerships with organisations like BAHP, we can make a difference and provide diapers for American families.”
 
“We are pleased to partner with the National Diaper Bank Network on such a worthwhile cause," Jane Wishneff, BAHP executive director, said in a press release. “With our nation's diaper banks facing depleted supplies, these are basic necessities many families need every day, and especially with depleted resources as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic.”
 
Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) have come together to lead a bipartisan request for $200 million in emergency funding for the purchase and distribution of diapers. This critical federal investment would enable millions of families and children across the country get the diapers they need to stay healthy, return to work, and thrive.
 
In support of the Senators' leadership, the National Diaper Bank Network, representing more than 200 community diaper banks working in all 50 states, and the Center for Baby and Adult Hygiene products, representing US manufacturers of disposable diapers, are leading a letter of businesses and nonprofit organisations calling on Congress to provide this $200 million in critically needed emergency funding.

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