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Happy Diaper Need Awareness Day! At least to all you Connecticutians.
In an effort to raise awareness about the plight of low-income families to supply their children with diapers,
Connecticut Gov. Dannel Malloy declared Thursday to be the first “Diaper Need Awareness Day” in the state.According to the Governor’s Declaration, 26 percent of Connecticut children are part of low income families and “the average infant or toddler requires an average of 50 diaper changes per week over three year.”
In designating October 27 Diaper Day, Malloy also encouraged his constituents to “donate generously to diaper banks, diaper drives, and those organizations that distribute diapers to families in need to help alleviate diaper need in Connecticut.”
The Hartford Courant reported that in recognition of the day,
diaper activists will participate in a panel discussion on diapers, followed by a fundraiser in New Haven.
“Diaper Need Awareness Day” comes on the heels of Connecticut Democratic Rep. Rosa DeLauro’s introduction of the
“Diaper Investment and Aid to Promote Economic Recovery Act (DIAPER) Act,” which would provide diapers and supplies to low income families via child care providers by amending Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990.
“The DIAPER Act simply allows funds already allocated to the Child Care and Development Block Grant program to be used to provide diapers to child care centers for families in need. It does not cost anything,” DeLauro told TheDC, explaining that the legislation doesn’t require additional spending.
I hope the
"State of Alabama" provides me with
“Depends” when my ass becomes old and decrepit.
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