{"id":1696398,"date":"2022-10-16T07:09:46","date_gmt":"2022-10-16T11:09:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1696398"},"modified":"2022-10-16T14:42:05","modified_gmt":"2022-10-16T18:42:05","slug":"hhs-spends-8-million-to-research-free-diaper-distribution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hhs-spends-8-million-to-research-free-diaper-distribution\/","title":{"rendered":"HHS Spends $8 Million to Research Free Diaper Distribution"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fhhs-spends-8-million-to-research-free-diaper-distribution%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1696398&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p><em>The Golden Horseshoe is a weekly designation from Just the News intended to highlight egregious examples of wasteful taxpayer spending by the government. The award is named for the horseshoe-shaped toilet seats for military airplanes that cost the Pentagon a whopping $640 each back in the 1980s.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>This week&#8217;s Golden Horseshoe is awarded to the Department of Health and Human Services for an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.grants.gov\/web\/grants\/view-opportunity.html?oppId=341300\">$8 million grant<\/a> to evaluate whether certain organizations are capable of distributing diapers consistently to low-income families.<\/p>\n<p>The purpose of the Diaper Distribution Demonstration and Research Program is &#8220;to evaluate the ability of [community action agencies (CAA)], social services agencies, and other non-profit community organizations to provide diapers and diapering supplies on a consistent basis through diaper distribution programs while also offering support services for families with low incomes,&#8221; explains the grant synopsis.<\/p>\n<p>While the $8 million is for a pilot program, it appears low-income families are already receiving free diapers, as the synopsis details how diaper distribution is to be expanded. Grant recipients will partner with community organizations to &#8220;operate and expand diaper distribution programs&#8221; for low-income families.<\/p>\n<p>HHS&#8217; Office of Community Services (OCS) will use the information from the pilot program to determine if the grant recipients use the millions in funding as intended.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;As part of the pilot and in cooperation with the recipients, OCS will conduct a robust evaluation to collect pertinent information to assess DDDRP grant recipients&#8217; use of the funding to support low-income families by expanding ongoing diaper distribution programs (i.e., programs where families can receive diapers on a consistent basis) that also offer support services,&#8221; the synopsis reads.<\/p>\n<p>The diaper pilot program was funded by the Consolidated Appropriations Act \u00a0of 2022. The act provided HHS $108.3 billion, $11.3 billion more than in FY2021, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncsl.org\/ncsl-in-dc\/publications-and-resources\/2022-omnibus-appropriations-bill-a-summary-of-provisions-by-federal-agency.aspx\">National Conference of State Legislatures<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>HHS acknowledged in the grant&#8217;s accompanying documents that its existing program, the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program, may also be used for diaper purchases.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The assistance provided by the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program may be used to buy diapers; however, diapers are only one need among many and only 21 percent of TANF-eligible families participate in the program,&#8221; according to the grant. &#8220;Other programs providing social support to low-income families provide targeted benefits for food assistance, housing, healthcare, etc., but none of them provide funding for diapers or diapering supplies.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>HHS did not respond to a request for comment on the grant.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Golden Horseshoe is a weekly designation from Just the News intended to highlight egregious examples of wasteful taxpayer spending by the government. 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