Free diapers are available to qualifying low-income families across the state, including Glendale.

The Arizona Diaper Pilot Program is a collaboration among Wildfire, the Arizona Diaper Bank and Community Action Agencies.

Funded with a $1.5 million grant from the Department of Health and Human Services, the Wildfire-led effort “expands free statewide diaper distribution and increases access to diapers for low-income families throughout Arizona,” Kelly McGowan, Wildfire’s acting executive director, shared in a news release.

According to a 2017 study by Huggies nearly three in five parents struggling with diaper needs missed an average of four days of work or school during a specific month because they did not have enough diapers when dropping their children off at childcare or early education programs.

Each year, the Arizona Diaper Bank distributes 30,000 diapers to at least 8,000 unique individuals, 95% of whom live at or below 185% of the federal poverty line.

Contact the Glendale Community Action Program at 623-930-2854, option 3, for local services available.

“Diaper distribution programs help improve children’s and families health and well-being while keeping parents on track with their work plans by increasing access to childcare,” McGowan stated. “Through this program, more parents will be able to continue employment without interruption, children will be able to continue with childcare on a regular schedule and it reduces the number of difficult decisions parents must make between diapers food and other necessities.”

In addition to distributing diapers, the program will connect families to economic mobility and family support services such as job training, educational support, Early Head Start and housing services, among others.