As we kick off the New Year, what goals are you looking to accomplish? For many in our local community, the answer might simply be taking another step out of poverty. In Outagamie County, 9 percent of our population struggle with poverty. That number is slightly higher in Brown County
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Project Update: Helping Poverty-Stricken Babies in the Fox Valley
Shame. Guilt. Depression. These are the feelings parents living in poverty are left to deal with while struggling to afford basic needs for their babies. Among those basic needs? Diapers. “We see women forgoing paying rent to have clean diapers,” said Beth Hudak of House of Hope in Green Bay.
Update: Helping Poverty-Stricken Babies in Green Bay
It can be a challenge to raise children, even with a partner alongside you – yet 13.7 million parents in the United States are going it alone, according to a 2009 census data. While conversations around the issue of single parenthood result in mixed answers about its impact on poverty,
Introducing Our Newest Diaper Drop, House of Hope
There’s a lot of things we have to wait for in life, but diapers should not be one of them. At Jake’s Diapers, we continue to grow our list of partners in an effort to reduce the number of caregivers on waiting lists for access to basic needs that fuel