Distributing Dignity Across North Carolina

Distributing Dignity Across North Carolina; Providing essential products to help families thrive at all stages of life.

Our vision is every family in North Carolina will have access to basic
necessities to support their dignity, health, and quality of life.

Most of us do not spend a lot of time thinking about diapers. But if you are a parent, grandparent, or caregiver without enough of them, they can become a major source of stress, guilt, and desperation. Public safety net programs such as The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) and Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, previously known as Food Stamps) do not cover the purchase of diapers, often leaving families with a difficult decision between buying diapers and other necessities with their limited funds. For families in need, something as small as a diaper can have a significant impact.

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Research

1 in 2 families experience diaper need

0%

of safety net programs like WIC
and food stamps provide
diaper assistance

76%

of families that receive diapers
through DBNC programs
are working 1-3 jobs

7 out of 10

military families felt they did not always have enough diapers to change their child's diaper as often as they would have liked. 

9 out of 10

of military families worried about how they would afford diapers for their child

7 out of 10

military families report having to make a choice in the past year between buying diapers and spending money on something else they needed such as food, clothing, or paying a utility bill. 

“I might not eat and she eats and I buy diapers, or, no diapers and both of us eat. But now [since receiving assistance from the diaper bank] it’s not like that.”

Diaper recipient parent