To direct the Secretary of Defense to establish a pilot program for partnerships between covered basic needs banks and military installations to provide diapers and diapering supplies to military families, and for other purposes.
Summary
What This Bill Does
This bill directs the Defense Secretary to create a pilot program for diaper access on military installations. The pilot establishes partnerships between covered basic needs banks and military installations to provide diapers and diapering supplies to military families who need them. DOD must seek an agreement with the National Diaper Bank Network to provide technical assistance to covered basic needs banks and evaluate the pilot effectiveness. A covered basic needs bank must be a nonprofit entity, distribute diapers or other material basic necessities to families directly or through a distribution partner at no cost, be a member of the National Diaper Bank Network, and have distributed diapers for at least five years.
Who Benefits and How
Military families in need benefit from free diapers and diapering supplies through installation partnerships. Nonprofit diaper banks benefit from formal partnerships with military installations. The National Diaper Bank Network benefits from a technical assistance and evaluation role. Military installation family-support offices benefit from a pilot pathway to address diaper insecurity among service members families.
Who Bears the Burden and How
DOD family-support staff must establish and administer the pilot program. Military installations must coordinate with eligible nonprofit basic needs banks. Covered basic needs banks must meet eligibility criteria, distribute supplies at no cost, and work with installations. The National Diaper Bank Network must provide technical assistance and evaluate pilot effectiveness if it enters the agreement.
Key Provisions
- Requires DOD to establish a pilot program for diapers and diapering supplies for military families.
- Creates partnerships between military installations and eligible nonprofit basic needs banks.
- Requires DOD to seek an agreement with the National Diaper Bank Network for technical assistance and evaluation.
- Defines covered basic needs banks by nonprofit status, no-cost distribution, National Diaper Bank Network membership, and five years of diaper distribution experience.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
Requires DOD to establish a pilot program pairing military installations with eligible nonprofit basic needs banks to provide diapers and diapering supplies to military families, with the National Diaper Bank Network providing technical assistance and evaluating effectiveness.
Key Policy Areas
Military Families, Basic Needs, Defense
Primary Purpose
Requires DOD to establish a pilot program pairing military installations with eligible nonprofit basic needs banks to provide diapers and diapering supplies to military families, with the National Diaper Bank Network providing technical assistance and evaluating effectiveness.
Policy Domains
Substantive provisions
Identified Gains
- Military families needing diapers
- Nonprofit diaper banks
- National Diaper Bank Network
- Military installation family-support offices
Identified Costs
- DOD family-support staff
- Military installations
- Covered basic needs banks
- National Diaper Bank Network evaluation staff
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeMrs. Foushee (for herself, Mr. Mackenzie, Ms. Randall, Ms. Ross, …
Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
Introduced in House
Stakeholder Effects
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Covered basic needs banks, National Diaper Bank Network, Nonprofit diaper banks
Positive-direction: National Diaper Bank Network, Nonprofit diaper banks
Negative-direction: Covered basic needs banks
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
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