Nebraska Diaper Bank

Our goal is a heartland without diaper need where families thrive and all babies are happy, healthy and safe. We provide diapers through collaborative partnerships to change lives & empower families in need. A diaper bank model reaches the most children by partnering with social service agencies and religious organizations to extend our reach in the Heartland. The diaper bank approach limits unnecessary duplication of services, reduces administrative expenses, and works collaboratively to solve a basic human need at the community level for infants and young children.

Building our Future: Organization development and governance. Fund and donor development.
Expanding our Impact: Program and service delivery and development.
Establishing our Identity: Client and market development and delivery.

Nebraska Diaper Bank is the first agency in Nebraska partnered with the National Diaper Bank Network (NDBN) and the only organization partnered with NDBN in the Greater Omaha Area. Through this partnership we have bulk buying power that allows us to purchase diapers at about half of the retail cost. This enables us to get more diapers to more babies. Our unique position as the sole Omaha Area agency partnered with NDBN gives us space to grow and propels us forward in our mission of diapering little ones.

2017: 43,580 diapers distributed to 714 children through direct distribution
2018: 54,119 diapers distributed to 902 children through direct distribution
2019: 243,474 diapers distributed to 3,388 children through direct distribution, emergency response to flood relief, and South Omaha satellite location
2020: 503,936 diapers distributed to 3,932 children through direct distribution, emergency COVID-19 response and diaper bank partner agencies
2021: 592,545 diapers distributed to 4,399 children through direct distribution and diaper bank partner agencies
2022: 1,337,430 diapers distributed to 5,777 children through 19 partner agencies with 43 distribution sites.

In 2019 we assisted with Nebraska Flood Relief efforts through social services agencies in the affected areas and also assisted the American Red Cross by providing diapers to get to “hard to reach” areas. In May of 2019 we started a South Omaha satellite location where we created access to diapers for families in South Omaha. We quickly learned that we couldn’t reach enough families in need through direct distribution and shifted our focus to create a partner model.

In 2020, we were able to implement a diaper bank model as the primary program of our organization. With the pandemic, we knew immediate action was needed to best serve the community and provide diapers to as many families as possible. At the beginning of the year, we created temporary emergency response partnerships. While providing diapers on an emergency basis, we created our diaper bank program that would encourage long-term and sustainable partnerships. At the end of 2020 we had three diaper bank partner agencies and continued to directly distribute to families in need.

In 2021, with our diaper bank program established and functioning, we focused on increasing partnerships with other social service agencies across the Greater Omaha Area to create better access to diapers. We added an additional 8 partner agencies throughout 2021, expanding into Sarpy and Thurston Counties in Nebraska, and Pottawattamie County in Iowa.