2018-318-E DSS - Diaper Bank of NC

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DocuSign Envelope ID: C4A8ABA9- 961E- 4297- 82F0- 5B1739260CFF m) Include any other pertinent information. The Diaper Bank of North Carolina is the only diaper bank in the country to have a PhD - trained researcher on staff. All of our programs are evaluated to ensure that we are meeting families' needs for hygiene products. We are the first diaper bank in the country to publish peer - reviewed literature about our work, documenting both the outcomes received by families who receive diapers and the outcomes experienced by our community -based partner organizations who provide distribute diapers on our behalf. As such, we are seen as the leader among diaper banks across the country. Diaper banks around the country and legislators advocating on behalf of policies that address diaper need use our research when writing grants, drafting legislation, and when speaking with donors and the media in their own communities. We published the first peer - reviewed study in the scientific literature about diaper need the spring of 2017. We surveyed our community partners (the organizations distributing diaper bank products directly to families in need) about benefits they had received since they started providing diapers from the Diaper Bank of North Carolina: 41 % indicated that their clients were more likely to communicate with them or their agencies between scheduled appointments or visits. 56% reported that families were more likely to extend the length of their relationships with the organization beyond the average length of a typical relationship they would have with a family. 66% specified that clients were more likely to keep scheduled appointments. 44% documented that clients were more likely to participate in other programs offered their agency. The success of our program is measured not only by the number of diapers we distribute to families in need each month, but also by outcomes families experience from receiving diapers. This summer we published the first peer - reviewed study that documents the benefits that diaper recipient families received. Here are some of the quantitative highlights from our article on the positive benefits families experience when they receive something as small as a diaper: Due to assistance received from the diaper bank: children were happier (43 %) and healthier (28 %), and could attend daycare (18 %). Receiving diapers allowed parents to: experience a reduction in their own stress (62 %), attend work (15 %), purchase food (61 %), attend school or job training (15 %), pay a nonmedical bill such as a utility bill (17 %), or pay a medical bill (5 %). PROGRAM INFORMATION 2112/2018 7:53:03 PM Page 2 0 of 28