After graduating from Knox College in Illinois, Naja Woods started her journalism career in 2019 as a producer at ABC57 News in South Bend.
INDIANAPOLIS — A non-profit, the Village of Indiana, that helps struggling kids and families is calling on local communities to donate diapers ahead of their ninth annual drive next week.
According to the nationalbanknetwork.org, half of all families nationwide struggle to afford diapers, which cost an average of $80 to more than $100 per month. Hays said they are seeing an increased need for services overall, with residents struggling to pay for necessities, like food, gas, and housing.
"A lot of the families that we work with, diapers is that first thing they think about. It is the thing the first thing that everyone tells them to start buying as soon as they find out they're pregnant,” said Amy Whitten, the Program Director of Healthy Families in Marion County.