LA Regional Food Bank Diaper Program

97% of the Los Angeles Regional Food Bank’s distributed product is food while 3% are other grocery items – including diapers. To date, the Food Bank has distributed over 4.3 million diapers since 2019.

According to the National Diaper Bank Network, 1 in 3 US families experience diaper need. The network reports that babies without clean diapers are exposed to more potential health risks and are less likely accepted to daycares, leaving parents unable to attend work. Federal assistance programs do not currently provide adequate funds for buying diapers. Diapers can’t be bought with funds given through nutrition programs administered by the Department of Agriculture.

“Some families that we serve may be on the California implementation of the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (formerly known as the Food Stamp program) which provides financial assistance for purchasing food to low-income California residents and may not be able to afford diapers or wipes,” shares Food Bank Agency Relations & Product Donations Director, Liz Cervantes.

Each family receives approximately 40 diapers per child per month – the average “diaper gap” per child per month. Ever since the Food Bank received a $2.5 million grant through the California Department of Social Services (CDSS) to support low-income families with baby diapers, over 80,000 households in Los Angeles County have received diapers through this program.

Initially, the Food Bank was working directly with the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC) and supporting them through 13-15 sites through the County before the pandemic forced sites to adapt to a virtual platform.

“Families are happy to support their babies better because diapers are costly,” said Cervantes.

There are currently 53 partner agencies participating in this program with the Food Bank. The Food Bank is working on expanding the program within our agency network of over 600 organizations.

The following partner agencies are currently enrolled in this program:

Diaper Distributions
Agency Name	Address	City	Zip
All Peoples Christian Center	822 E. 20th Street	Los Angeles	90058
bread of Life- Avalon	701 East 88th Place	Los Angeles	90012
Bread of Life-Washington	5175 1/2 W. Washington Blvd.	Los Angeles	90016
Calvary Prebysterian Church	13560 Hawthorne Blvd	Hawthorne	90250
Christ Living Gospel	5007 Navarro St	Los Angeles	90032
Christian Outreach	515 E. 3rd St	Long Beach	90802
Community Child	18807 Crenshaw Pl	Torrance	90504
Door of Hope	1414 South Atlantic Blvd.	Los Angeles	90022
Eastmont Community Center	701 Hoefner Avenue	Los Angeles	90022
First United Methodist Church	15701 E. Hill St.	La Puente	91744
First Unitarian	2936 W. 8th St	Los Angeles	90005
Foothill Unity Center	790 W. Chestnut Avenue	Monrovia	91016
Foothill Unity Center	191 N. Oak Avenue	Pasadena	91107
Grace Resource	45134 N. Sierra Hwy.	Lancaster	93534
Hathaway Sycamores	840 N. Ave 66	Los Angeles	90042
Hope Chapel	6015 W Avenue J8	Quartz Hill	93536
Hope Chapel Foursquare	2420 Pacific Coast Highway	Hermosa Beach	90254
Houses of Light	19359 Londelius Street	Northridge	91324
Immanuel Presbyterian	3300 Wilshire Blvd	Los Angeles	90010
Inland Valley Hope Partners	209 W. Pearl Street	Pomona	91768
Inland Valley Hope Partners	904 E. California Street	Ontario	91761
Inland Valley Hope Partners	660 N. Mountain Avenue	Claremont	91711
Inland Valley Hope Partners	110 E. Third Street	San Dimas	91773
Inland Valley Hope Partners	810 S. White Ave	Pomona	91766
integrated Care	5715 South Broadway	Los Angeles	90037
Interfaith Food Center	11819 Burke Street	Santa Fe Springs	90670
JFS/ SOVA	16439 Vanowen Street	Van Nuys	91406
Karsh Family SSC	3750 W. 6th St	Los Angeles	91020
Meet Each Need with Dignity	10641 San Fernando Rd	Pacoima	91331
My Friends House	3533 West 58th Place	Los Angeles	90053
New Life	275 E. Foothill Boulvard	Pomona	91766
Our Saviour Center	4368 Santa Anita Avenue	EL Monte	91731
Salvation Army – Stillman Sawyer Family Services	820 Lomita Blvd.	Harbor City	90710
Salvation Army- East L.A.	140 N. Eastman Avenue	Los Angeles	90063
Salvation Army Hollywood	5941 Hollywood Blvd	Los Angeles	90028
Salvation Army- L.A. Central Corp	906 S. Francisco Street	Los Angeles	90015
Salvation Army- LA Central	1532 West 11th St	Los Angeles	90015
Salvation Army San Fernando Valley Corps.	14917 Victory Blvd.	Van Nuys	91411
Salvation Army Southeast Comm. Corp	2965 E. Gage Avenue	Huntington Park	90255
Salvation Army- Whittier Corp.	7926 Pickering Avenue	Whittier	90602
San Gabriel Valley	4602 n Peck Rd.	El Monte	91732
Shepherds Pantry	13020 Francisquito Ave	Baldwin Park	91706
Silverlake Community	2930 Hyperion Ave	Los Angeles	90027
South Central LA	2250 S. Western Ave	Los Angeles	90018
St. Francis Center	1835 S. Hope Street	Los Angeles	90015
St. John Vianney	1345 Turnbull Canyon Road	Hacienda Heights	91745
St. Joseph	204 Hampton Drive	Los Angeles	90291
St. Margaret’s Center	10217 s Inglewood Ave	Inglewood	90304
The Universal Church	625 S. Bonnie Brae	Los Angeles	90057
United University	2208 S. Union Ave	Los Angeles	90007
Prince of Peace – Woodland Hills	5700 Rudnick Ave	Woodland Hills	91367
Prince of Peace- Canoga Park	22103 Van Owen St	Canoga Park	91303
Servants Arms	1720 N. Walnut Ave	La Puente	91744