Orange County leaders approve American Rescue plan funding to help families in need
Orange County commissioners approved a plan that would use American Rescue plan funding to help families in need.
The funding will help families struggling to make ends meet by helping them to buy diapers for their babies.
>>> STREAM CHANNEL 9 EYEWITNESS NEWS LIVE <<<
Orange County mother Trinity Davis says she budgets at least $100 a month to make sure her 2-year-old daughter Kamiya has clean diapers, but that’s money she could use for other things.
“Right now $100 is a lot that’s two weeks of gas for me,” Davis said.
Read: Florida families and advocacy groups file suit to block “Don’t Say Gay” law
Davis said with another baby on the way that expense is going to grow.
According to the National Diaper Bank Network, 1 in 3 families with young children in the U.S. are struggling to access diapers and 3 out of 5 of those adults have had to miss work because they didn’t have a clean diaper to send with their children to daycare.
Read: Which Ba.5 COVID-19 symptoms are doctors seeing the most right now?
Sharon Lyles, executive director of the Central Florida Diaper Bank, said the recently approved funding will help them expand services by purchasing a new mobile unit that will bring the diapers directly to community centers and qualifying residents.
Read: Employees of Central Florida company fear financial ruin after going weeks without pay
“There are tons of parents with children living in hotels, they don’t have the transportation to get to us,” Lyles said.
More information on the Central Florida Diaper Bank can be found here.
Click here to download the free WFTV news and weather apps, click here to download the WFTV Now app for your smart TV and click here to stream Channel 9 Eyewitness News live.
