YPN (Young Parents Network) and the Eastern Iowa Health Center (EIHC), and HACAP/WIC serve children and families on a daily basis. The majority of those served are low-income families and both organizations saw a common need: Diapers. So simple, yet so important.

Some of the most financially stressed parents can also spend nearly 14 percent of their paycheck on diapers. For them, the lack of diapers can make the difference between being able to pay rent, put food on the table, or even take a child to daycare so they themselves can go to work.

Seeing the hardship that diaper costs has created for some of the community’s most vulnerable families, the Eastern Iowa Health Center and YPN have collaborated to create the Eastern Iowa Diaper Bank. Eastern Iowa Diaper Bank distributed more than 600k diapers to participants and community members in 2020. Our mission is simple: To provide families in need with diapers. Currently, the Eastern Iowa Diaper Bank is serving clients of EIHC and YPN.

The Eastern Iowa Diaper Bank is a member of the National Diaper Bank Network (NDBN). The network is leading a national movement to safeguard one of the most basic needs of all babies and their families, access to clean, dry diapers. Access to clean diapers improves the physical, mental and economic well-being of babies, families, and communities.