A Tennessee program that helps families with young children save money on diapers is celebrating its first anniversary after providing more than 36 million diapers to families across the state.
The TennCare diaper benefit program, the first of its kind in the nation, has helped more than 70,000 children in its inaugural year. The program provides up to 100 free diapers per month to TennCare and CoverKids members with children under 2-years-old.
“It takes such a relief of the stress of parenting, you already have so many things you’re taking into account. And if having access to clean diapers for your child is a part and a challenge for you not only is that a logistical challenge, it is a health concern, but it’s also been a mental health challenge as well for our parents as they kind of navigate all the different things they have to do when they’re new parents,” Dr. Victor Wu said…