Baby Things for Low Income Families
Having a baby is expensive for any family, but it can place a financial hardship on low income families. Even necessities like an infant safety seat and diapers can be hard to purchase without foregoing a bill or food for the rest of the family. Thankfully certain options allow low income families to get these necessities for free.
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Formula and Baby Food
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Low income families can apply at their local WIC office for free formula and baby food. WIC will provide qualifying families with "checks" that list how much formula and baby food a family may receive for the month. Families can then redeem these "checks" at local stores.
Baby Diapers
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Some organizations both cloth and disposable diapers to low income families. Huggies runs the Every Little Bottom campaign, which gives packs of disposable diapers to local charities to pass out to needy families. Needy families can directly apply for help from cloth diaper non-profit organizations like the Cloth Diaper Foundation.
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Clothing and Baby Gear
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Just as there are food pantries to feed those who cannot supply their own food, human need pantries supply baby and child items to families who cannot afford them. These may be run by hospitals, the local Red Cross, churches or other organizations. These are good places for low income families to find items like clothing, strollers and baby swings. Those in need can find anything that someone is willing to donate at these pantries.
Infant Safety Seats
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Every state has a law that requires infants to be in a safety seat when they are riding in a motor vehicle. Most, if not all, hospitals will not allow families to take their new babies home without a safety seat. For these reasons, most states have government or local organizations that give infant safety seats to those who need them.
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