National Diaper Need Awareness Week highlights rising costs of an essential for families

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National Diaper Need Awareness Week highlights rising costs of an essential for families
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Nonprofits and volunteers across our region are helping babies in need.

The Clarks of Shirley now have four mouths to feed, and more worries.

Prices are rising as middle and lower class families are being squeezed. Government programs like WIC and SNAP can help with food, but not diapers. "Moms calling in a panic, they have two diapers left and they have no finances," Debbie Loesch of Angels of Long Island said. "Left in diapers for 24 hours or longer, they're left in soiled diapers, which causes rash, infections, and in severe cases, hospitalization," Allied Foundation Diaper Bank's Heather Edwards said.

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