Changing work, family, and policy trends converged to increase diaper need in recent
decades. Safety net programs do not cover diapers, and diaper policy proposals have met …

Objectives This paper aims to describe low-income recipients of a community-based diaper
bank and the multiple daily challenges they face. Our paper seeks to document the health …

Drawing on feminist theories of parenting and the welfare state, I analyze experiences of
diaper need as a case of how gender, class, and race inequalities shape the social …

Objectives. To document the collective effort of diaper banks in the United States and to
estimate the percentage of low-income children whose diaper need is met through these …

Prior research highlights how mothers across social classes express similar beliefs that
good parenting adheres to the tenets of intensive mothering by being child-centered, time …

Objective To use racial stratification and intersectional family justice frameworks to analyze
experiences of and efforts to address diaper need. Background One in three American …

Today's low-income families must patch together their own safety nets from disparate
sources of assistance within a context of budget cuts and the growing need for services …

Drawing on the results of a national study and a series of focus groups, this article argues
that most women, including welfare recipients, package income, that is, combine resources …

Much of the research on low-income families, welfare, and self-sufficiency has focused on
urban populations. Further, many of the studies on informal or social support available to …

The 1996 welfare reform law sought to reformulate single mothers' income package,
replacing cash welfare checks with paychecks. However, many single mothers have not …