This week, U.S. Representatives Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) and Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ) introduced House Resolution 736, recognizing the importance of diapers to infant health and family well-being while designating the week of September 15-21, 2025, as “National Diaper Need Awareness Week.” Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) is co-sponsoring this important resolution.
The resolution addresses the widespread but often overlooked public health issue that I’ve been raising awareness of since 2022: diaper need, or diaper insecurity, which is the inability to afford enough diapers to keep a baby clean, dry, and healthy.
According to the NDBN Diaper Check 2024, diaper need continues to affect nearly one in two U.S. families with young children.
Please consider donating to your local diaper bank. Visit: https://nationaldiaperbanknetwork.org/member-directory/