HAMO note: The DIAPER ACT asks for NO additional federal funding to states. The legislation would empower eligible childcare providers (by each state) to provide diapering supplies with existing grants IF they so choose. Be …

Need a little inspiration? Listen to Yvonne on why she’s chosen to run the LA Marathon to help a mother out. You can learn more about her efforts to support HAMO-LA by visiting her Crowdrise …

My client was a single mom working part time and attending nursing school. She was living on about $700 a month and supporting her 15 month old daughter. Even though she bought a case of …

The services that HAMO and Children’s Council provide for families are vital at a time when families’ budgets are stretched to the limit. A recent report showed that a California family with two working parents and two children needs an annual income of $75,500 to make ends meet. To earn this income, both parents would need to work full-time, year-round, and earn an hourly wage of $18.15. This scenario is out of reach for many families in our recession-ravaged state, not to mention families headed by single parents.

Staff members began noticing mothers standing outside WalMart and Target asking not for food, but for packages of diapers for their children. We knew the recession was hitting Solano families hard, but we had no idea just how bad things were until we began digging a little deeper.

As if our Give Cheeks A Chance September campaign wasn’t super successful already, we had a month-end surprise with a massive one-day diaper drive event at Cisco Systems.  Thanks to Jennifer K., dozens of employees …