Medicaid cuts won’t save money, will hurt children

Medicaid cuts won’t save money, will hurt children

By Joanne Samuel Goldblum CEO, National Diaper Bank Network The Republicans on the House Energy and Commerce Committee (E&C) are proposing structural changes to Medicaid, as a cost-cutting measure, within the tax reconciliation bill. The nonpartisan Congressional...
Mobile Unit Conquers Diaper Deserts

Mobile Unit Conquers Diaper Deserts

The Miami Diaper Bank is committed to helping the families we serve keep their babies clean, dry and healthy. We’re also committed to the families we aren’t serving yet. In 2022 we did a deep dive to find areas that we call diaper deserts and develop a strategy to...
Diaper need, hunger, housing: the emergency is now

Diaper need, hunger, housing: the emergency is now

Debate around the debt ceiling is bizarrely focused on making it harder for hungry Americans to access the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program (SNAP). America is not having trouble balancing the books because people in poverty are eating too well. Compared...
NDBN CEO Pens Op-Ed: Pain at the Pumps Originates in the Paycheck

NDBN CEO Pens Op-Ed: Pain at the Pumps Originates in the Paycheck

In an op-ed for Common Dreams, NDBN CEO Joanne Samuel Goldblum writes: At the height of Covid, diaper banks across the US upped their diaper contributions to communities by 86%, and we have no intention of scaling back, because the need did not diminish alongside the...