Nashville Diaper Connection
Programs
Budget
$300,150.00
Description
NashDiaper's Diapers for Diplomas Program ("D4D") is designed to reduce barriers that hinder parenting students from completing a postsecondary education. D4D provides diaper scholarships for parenting students attending the 4 greater Nashville community colleges. Each recipient will get all the diapers their child needs while the parents are in school. D4D offers a unique support by providing an immediate, tangible solution (diapers) to the basic needs insecurity parenting students' face. Money saved on diapers is available for other needs (food) thus removing added barriers which threaten a parenting student's pursuit of a degree. By investing in diaper supportive services, D4D helps parenting students meet their financial, caregiving and time demands, allowing them to focus on their studies. A degree opens opportunities for good jobs, jobs that can become successful careers. These careers contribute to an improved TN Workforce, an employer's success, and will lead to a better life.
Program Successes
D4D is intended to help parenting students manage the dual challenges of parenting and post-secondary education. Since its inception in 2021, D4D has awarded 435 scholarships. Success metrics for Cohorts 1, 2, and 3 (as applicable):
D4D has averaged a 77% persistence or graduation rate during the academic year awarded compared to a 61% rate for comparable cohorts at participating schools.
97% of recipients reported "extremely likely" to recommend the D4D Program
99% of recipients reported that having access to diapers through D4D made it easier to go to college or pursue a technical certificate
97% of recipients reported that having a month's supply of diapers helps them do better in school
97% of recipients reported that their child's diaper needs were met by the D4D Program
51% of recipients reported they would have cut back on hours worked or time spent on school if they had not received this support
100% of the community colleges continued their Program participation YoY
Beneficiaries
Families
Adults
Minorities
Long-term Success
D4D seeks to provide support for historically marginalized students by improving postsecondary enrollment and graduation rates while improving opportunities for meaningful, long-term career choices. D4D's measure of success is based on the following data: the % of D4D scholarship recipients that (a) graduate or (b) remain enrolled in pursuit of a degree or certification. Our goal is to have at least 65% of our scholarship recipients graduate or remain enrolled by the end of their scholarship term, compared to the 61% of overall TN Reconnect recipients who were reported to have graduated or re-enrolled.
Short-term Success
The Diapers for Diplomas Program objective is to promote increased engagement by parenting students and community colleges in academic routines that are shown to improve the education outcomes for parenting students, specifically certificate/degree persistence and completion. NashDiaper's target Program outcomes are:
(1) Increased representation (when compared to the Tennessee Reconnect recipients overall) by previously marginalized student populations in scholarship recipient pool: Parenting Students, BIPOC students, First generation college students, Adult Learners
(2) More than 85% of scholarship recipients surveyed reporting diaper need met through the scholarship
(3) More than 85% of scholarship recipients surveyed rating the Diapers for Diplomas Program favorably in end of year surveys
(4) More than 85% of implementing stakeholders surveyed (Tennessee Reconnect Navigators and community college staff) rating the program favorably in Program Assessment meetings with stakeholders
Program Success Monitored By
Program success is monitored by Nashville Diaper Connection's Program Manager and each community college's student success office.
Program Areas Served
Nashville State Community College Campuses (Davidson County, Montgomery County, Humphreys County), Volunteer State Community College Campuses (Sumner County, Putnam County, Overton County, Robertson County), Columbia State Community College Campuses (Maury County, Williamson County, Lawrence County, Marshall County, Wayne County), Motlow State Community College Campuses (Rutherford County, Moore County, Warren County, Lincoln County), TCAT Nashville (Davidson County), MTSU (Rutherford County), Fortis Institute (Davidson County), Ella's House (Davidson County), Austin Peay (Montgomery), TCAT Dickson (Dickson), University of Tennessee Southern (Giles)
$300,150.00
Description
NashDiaper's Diapers for Diplomas Program ("D4D") is designed to reduce barriers that hinder parenting students from completing a postsecondary education. D4D provides diaper scholarships for parenting students attending the 4 greater Nashville community colleges. Each recipient will get all the diapers their child needs while the parents are in school. D4D offers a unique support by providing an immediate, tangible solution (diapers) to the basic needs insecurity parenting students' face. Money saved on diapers is available for other needs (food) thus removing added barriers which threaten a parenting student's pursuit of a degree. By investing in diaper supportive services, D4D helps parenting students meet their financial, caregiving and time demands, allowing them to focus on their studies. A degree opens opportunities for good jobs, jobs that can become successful careers. These careers contribute to an improved TN Workforce, an employer's success, and will lead to a better life.
Program Successes
D4D is intended to help parenting students manage the dual challenges of parenting and post-secondary education. Since its inception in 2021, D4D has awarded 435 scholarships. Success metrics for Cohorts 1, 2, and 3 (as applicable):
D4D has averaged a 77% persistence or graduation rate during the academic year awarded compared to a 61% rate for comparable cohorts at participating schools.
97% of recipients reported "extremely likely" to recommend the D4D Program
99% of recipients reported that having access to diapers through D4D made it easier to go to college or pursue a technical certificate
97% of recipients reported that having a month's supply of diapers helps them do better in school
97% of recipients reported that their child's diaper needs were met by the D4D Program
51% of recipients reported they would have cut back on hours worked or time spent on school if they had not received this support
100% of the community colleges continued their Program participation YoY
Beneficiaries
Families
Adults
Minorities
Long-term Success
D4D seeks to provide support for historically marginalized students by improving postsecondary enrollment and graduation rates while improving opportunities for meaningful, long-term career choices. D4D's measure of success is based on the following data: the % of D4D scholarship recipients that (a) graduate or (b) remain enrolled in pursuit of a degree or certification. Our goal is to have at least 65% of our scholarship recipients graduate or remain enrolled by the end of their scholarship term, compared to the 61% of overall TN Reconnect recipients who were reported to have graduated or re-enrolled.
Short-term Success
The Diapers for Diplomas Program objective is to promote increased engagement by parenting students and community colleges in academic routines that are shown to improve the education outcomes for parenting students, specifically certificate/degree persistence and completion. NashDiaper's target Program outcomes are:
(1) Increased representation (when compared to the Tennessee Reconnect recipients overall) by previously marginalized student populations in scholarship recipient pool: Parenting Students, BIPOC students, First generation college students, Adult Learners
(2) More than 85% of scholarship recipients surveyed reporting diaper need met through the scholarship
(3) More than 85% of scholarship recipients surveyed rating the Diapers for Diplomas Program favorably in end of year surveys
(4) More than 85% of implementing stakeholders surveyed (Tennessee Reconnect Navigators and community college staff) rating the program favorably in Program Assessment meetings with stakeholders
Program Success Monitored By
Program success is monitored by Nashville Diaper Connection's Program Manager and each community college's student success office.
Program Areas Served
Nashville State Community College Campuses (Davidson County, Montgomery County, Humphreys County), Volunteer State Community College Campuses (Sumner County, Putnam County, Overton County, Robertson County), Columbia State Community College Campuses (Maury County, Williamson County, Lawrence County, Marshall County, Wayne County), Motlow State Community College Campuses (Rutherford County, Moore County, Warren County, Lincoln County), TCAT Nashville (Davidson County), MTSU (Rutherford County), Fortis Institute (Davidson County), Ella's House (Davidson County), Austin Peay (Montgomery), TCAT Dickson (Dickson), University of Tennessee Southern (Giles)
Budget
$628,174.00
Description
Nashville Diaper Connection's Connections™ Program uses our diaper donations to promote increased engagement by parents and caregivers in healthcare routines that are proven to improve the health outcomes of their children, specifically well-child visits and recommended immunizations. We make diapers available at our Clinic Connections™ Partners. These Clinics provide 50 diapers to parents who bring their diaper age child (or children) for well-child visits, recommended immunizations, or developmental screenings. Parents are eligible for these diapers at each of the encounters recommended in the "Bright Futures" schedule published by the American Academy of Pediatrics. When more children receive the recommended care, vaccination rates increase, EPSDT rates increase, and key screenings increase. Many parents are introduced to our Clinic Connections™ partners as a result of our diapers. We believe many will stay for the quality care our Partner Clinics provide.
Program Successes
Through April 2024, our indicators of program success are as follows: we have held 370 events, engaged with over 68,000+ individuals and families resulting in 40,000+ vaccinations and/or EPSDTs/well-child visits. 51 clinics participated in this effort across 26 counties in Middle Tennessee since November, 2020.
In February 2022, our partnership with Meharry Medical, the Clinic Connections component of this program was selected as one of 20 winners of the "Promoting Pediatric Primary Prevention (P4) Challenge" of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). This was a year-long nationwide competition to increase pediatric vaccination rates and well-child visits. In July 2021, this program was recognized as a "Promising Practice" by the Association of Maternal & Child Health Programs ("AMCHP") and included in their "Innovation Hub" database.
Beneficiaries
Families
Children and Youth (0 - 19 years)
Long-term Success
The Connections™ Program objective is to promote increased engagement by parents and caregivers in healthcare routines that are shown to improve the health outcomes of their children, specifically EPSDT visits and immunizations.
Short-term Success
The Connections™ Program objective is to promote increased engagement by parents and caregivers in healthcare routines that are shown to improve the health outcomes of their children, specifically EPSDT visits and immunizations. The Program objective is measured by a) the number of EPSDT visits achieved and the number of recommended immunizations delivered, b) the number of FQHCs and other clinics participating in the Program, c) the number of Tennessee counties in which the Program operates.
Program Success Monitored By
Program Success is monitored by Nashville Diaper Connection's President, Program Manager, and Chief Operationing Officer.
Program Areas Served
Middle Tennessee (Davidson, Marshall, Smith, Trousdale, Wilson, Lincoln, Lewis, Lawrence, Giles, Montgomery, Rutherford, Putnam, Coffee, Hickman, Maury, Williamson, Moore, Perry, Robertson, Fentriss)
$628,174.00
Description
Nashville Diaper Connection's Connections™ Program uses our diaper donations to promote increased engagement by parents and caregivers in healthcare routines that are proven to improve the health outcomes of their children, specifically well-child visits and recommended immunizations. We make diapers available at our Clinic Connections™ Partners. These Clinics provide 50 diapers to parents who bring their diaper age child (or children) for well-child visits, recommended immunizations, or developmental screenings. Parents are eligible for these diapers at each of the encounters recommended in the "Bright Futures" schedule published by the American Academy of Pediatrics. When more children receive the recommended care, vaccination rates increase, EPSDT rates increase, and key screenings increase. Many parents are introduced to our Clinic Connections™ partners as a result of our diapers. We believe many will stay for the quality care our Partner Clinics provide.
Program Successes
Through April 2024, our indicators of program success are as follows: we have held 370 events, engaged with over 68,000+ individuals and families resulting in 40,000+ vaccinations and/or EPSDTs/well-child visits. 51 clinics participated in this effort across 26 counties in Middle Tennessee since November, 2020.
In February 2022, our partnership with Meharry Medical, the Clinic Connections component of this program was selected as one of 20 winners of the "Promoting Pediatric Primary Prevention (P4) Challenge" of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). This was a year-long nationwide competition to increase pediatric vaccination rates and well-child visits. In July 2021, this program was recognized as a "Promising Practice" by the Association of Maternal & Child Health Programs ("AMCHP") and included in their "Innovation Hub" database.
Beneficiaries
Families
Children and Youth (0 - 19 years)
Long-term Success
The Connections™ Program objective is to promote increased engagement by parents and caregivers in healthcare routines that are shown to improve the health outcomes of their children, specifically EPSDT visits and immunizations.
Short-term Success
The Connections™ Program objective is to promote increased engagement by parents and caregivers in healthcare routines that are shown to improve the health outcomes of their children, specifically EPSDT visits and immunizations. The Program objective is measured by a) the number of EPSDT visits achieved and the number of recommended immunizations delivered, b) the number of FQHCs and other clinics participating in the Program, c) the number of Tennessee counties in which the Program operates.
Program Success Monitored By
Program Success is monitored by Nashville Diaper Connection's President, Program Manager, and Chief Operationing Officer.
Program Areas Served
Middle Tennessee (Davidson, Marshall, Smith, Trousdale, Wilson, Lincoln, Lewis, Lawrence, Giles, Montgomery, Rutherford, Putnam, Coffee, Hickman, Maury, Williamson, Moore, Perry, Robertson, Fentriss)
Budget
$1,143,339.00
Description
Nashville Diaper Connection is Middle Tennessee's only diaper bank providing emergency supplies of infant/toddler diapers for our most vulnerable neighbors. Raising awareness of diaper need in Middle Tennessee and providing clean, dry diapers to Middle Tennessee children that need them is all we do. We do diapers. Nothing else. We follow food bank practices to help families in need but instead of food, we purchase, collect and donate diapers. We donate these diapers through community service partners who get them to struggling families. If a family needs diapers, they often have other needs that are best addressed through our partners offering a full range of support. Examples of partners include Martha O'Bryan, Legacy Mission Village, MNPS , St. Luke's Community House, YWCA, Monroe Harding, Nurses for Newborns, Catholic Charities, Hispanic Family Foundation. NashDiaper created a network where families can confidently go get diapers where none existed before.
Category
Human Services - Human Services, General/Other
Beneficiaries
Infants and Toddlers
Families
Women and girls
Program Areas Served
Nashville and Middle Tennessee
$1,143,339.00
Description
Nashville Diaper Connection is Middle Tennessee's only diaper bank providing emergency supplies of infant/toddler diapers for our most vulnerable neighbors. Raising awareness of diaper need in Middle Tennessee and providing clean, dry diapers to Middle Tennessee children that need them is all we do. We do diapers. Nothing else. We follow food bank practices to help families in need but instead of food, we purchase, collect and donate diapers. We donate these diapers through community service partners who get them to struggling families. If a family needs diapers, they often have other needs that are best addressed through our partners offering a full range of support. Examples of partners include Martha O'Bryan, Legacy Mission Village, MNPS , St. Luke's Community House, YWCA, Monroe Harding, Nurses for Newborns, Catholic Charities, Hispanic Family Foundation. NashDiaper created a network where families can confidently go get diapers where none existed before.
Category
Human Services - Human Services, General/Other
Beneficiaries
Infants and Toddlers
Families
Women and girls
Program Areas Served
Nashville and Middle Tennessee
