California bill would start nation’s first diaper assistance program

Sacramento Bee ^ | August 2, 2014 | By Isabelle Taft

[Oldeconomybuyer]

It was the last week of the month, and Shanique Brown had already spent her $515 in CalWORKs benefits. Other programs would prevent Brown and her 18-month-old son, Armani, from going hungry, but the 22-year-old single mom had no money for a necessity so basic it is often forgotten: diapers.

“I cried and cried,” said Brown, now 24.

Armani is now potty-trained, but a new state bill seeks to ensure low-income parents will never face the challenge Brown did. If passed, Assembly Bill 1516 would make California the first state in the country to create a diaper assistance program for families on welfare.

The groundbreaking legislation comes with a price tag: more than $100 million annually.

[LucianOfSamasota]

What if Shaniqui can’t afford her legal medical pot?
Shouldn’t the State pay for that as well?
Isn’t her personal happiness and fulfillment worth another State program?

[Tax-chick]

How about a “Don’t have sex if you can’t afford to buy diapers!” campaign.

[2ndDivisionVet]

Should we buy their crack, meth, cigarettes/e-cigs, malt liquor, grilles, rims and hair weaves, too? BTW, many food banks do have diapers. Perhaps they didn’t have her favorite brand?

[DAC21]

Further evidence that Kalifornia has gone to $hit.

[R. Scott]

Cloth diapers and rubber pants aren’t made anymore?

[Petrosius]

Where is the father of this child? There would not be a problem if she had waited for a with a job to marry her before she had fun in the bedroom.

[Catmom]

That horse left the barn about fifty years ago.

[ScottinVA]

Should we buy their crack, meth, cigarettes/e-cigs, malt liquor, grilles, rims and hair weaves, too?

Good God, stop giving them ideas. We're talking about Malifornia here!

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

Come on San Andreas Fault. Do it! Do it! Do it!

[ScottinVA]

Where is the father of this child?

The sperm donor is probably in prison somewhere, but the financial baby-daddy is the State of CA.

[ScottinVA]

The groundbreaking legislation comes with a price tag: more than $100 million annually.

Oh, pshaw... that's what productive people are for.

[dforest]

She would complain she couldn’t afford the Tide to wash the diapers. And ooh, it is too gross for the poor girl to wash diapers.

[Petrosius]

If the women let it be known that there would be no sex until the guys became responsible, got a job, and married them then there would not be such a large prison population. All this public support is just enabling irresponsible activity. Read George Gilder's Men and Marriage.

[MaxMax]

No, the drunken slut got Prego because she wanted attention and to be a victim.
There are women who drink excessively to have brain damaged kids so they'll gain sympathy
from people. It's become an NW American culture.

[Sacajaweau]

Diaper pail would be health hazard and gov would provide diaper service.

[yldstrk]

The gross expense for diapers is one of the reasons little kids are beat to death during potty training. I wholeheartedly support diaper ministries. We had one at our church.

[yldstrk]

Yes, I did cloth diapers because I was a purist, but the other diapers are far far superior. The cloth was always leaking and my baby and I would get soaked.

[yldstrk]

The immorality is the fault of those who support being able to bang anybody you want. Those who exalt sex above all else

[ScottinVA]

If the women let it be known that there would be no sex until the guys became responsible

Well.. sure.. but, look at the segment of the population here.