ERIE FAMILY CENTER
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Mission Statement
Erie Family Center strengthens families and promotes the well-being of children through prevention, intervention and education. We help support families to grow every step of their journey.
About This Cause
Erie Family Center strengthens families and promotes the well-being of children through prevention, intervention and education. We help support families to grow every step of their journey. Our newest program is the Diaper Depot. It is helping to address the real problem of Diaper Need. Diaper Need is a real problem that affects 1 in 3 working families. It is the lack of a sufficient amount of diapers to keep a baby clean, dry and healthy. What are some of the consequences of diaper need? Babies who remain in a soiled diaper too long are exposed to potential health risks. Most child care centers-even free and subsidized ones-require parents to provide a day’s worth of disposable diapers. Many working parents find that they miss an average of 4 days of work/school per month because they can’t leave their child at child care due to lack of diapers. Diapers are as essential to a child’s health as food and shelter. Yet, state and national safety net programs such as SNAP do not recognize diapers as a basic need. The Erie Family Center wants to help end diaper need in our community. We will provide one weeks worth of diapers for each child to anyone that needs them once per month. Regardless of income. Regardless of family situation. Everyone needs help sometimes. This is an integral part of our program that differentiates us from any other program offered in Erie. There are no income or location qualifications. The program is open to anyone that needs help.