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First Step warns state funding cut threatens local diaper bank; seeks county proclamations and partners
Summary
Alicia Anderson, executive director of First Step Family Support Center, told the Spall County Board of Health on July 15 that state diaper-bank funding has been reduced by about 60% for 2025 and that award amounts and processes are still being determined.
Alicia Anderson, executive director of First Step Family Support Center, told the Spall County Board of Health on July 15 that state funding for diaper banks has been reduced by about 60% for 2025 and that First Step does not yet know the size of the award in the next Department of Commerce grant round.
First Step runs an 11-depot diaper distribution network across the county and reported serving 709 unique families last year, distributing about 226,000 diapers, 415,000 baby wipes and 114 tubes of rash…
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