Idaho
‘We need all of the diapers we can get’: Idaho Diaper Bank facing critical need
IDAHO — The Idaho Diaper Financial institution is going through a essential scarcity of diapers which they supply to totally different companies and households throughout the valley and the state.
Diaper costs elevated by as a lot as 20%, in response to the Idaho Diaper Financial institution, which places households in a tricky spot.
“A typical child goes by about $100 {dollars} of diapers a couple of month,” Govt Director Traci Lofthus mentioned. “If you’re a father or mother weighing whether or not you wish to feed your little one or diaper your little one, that’s not a call that you simply wish to make.”
The basis reason for the difficulty boils all the way down to inflation alongside excessive gasoline costs, forcing these with decrease incomes to face the battle of getting diapers.
One in three U.S. households struggles to get sufficient diapers for his or her infants on account of low-income ranges and excessive costs. This could result in additional issues, like psychological and bodily well being considerations, in response to the Idaho Diaper Financial institution.
To try to assist this downside — Idaho officers, just like the Mayors of Caldwell, Boise and Gov. Brad Little are signing proclamations.
“That is to carry consciousness to the nation however for Idaho specifically that there’s a diaper want,” Lofthus mentioned.
Diapers for all ages particularly sizes 3 by 6 are in excessive demand. Nationwide Diaper Consciousness week is arising from September 24 to October 2.
Thursday at 6 p.m., Caldwell Mayor Jarom Wagoner will signal a proclamation at Metropolis Corridor to carry consciousness to the issue.
Subsequent Saturday, the diaper donation drive will begin, the place folks can drop off diapers or donate cash to the diaper financial institution. For extra info, click on right here.
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It was a rainy week with intense showers passing through the Treasure Valley. Sunday is expected to be clear but cooler weather and more precipitation is on the way.
I got to capture a phenomenal rainbow coming into the station today after some of the rain we saw on Saturday clear out.
The start of this wee will see some more rain on the way for Boise. Twin Fall will see their precipitation arrive between Monday and Tuesday with chances of rain snow/ mixes and possible accumulation.
A cold front will move in this week dropping temperatures. 40’s will turn into 30’s for the Magic and Treasure Valley’s. Mountains will expect a cool down as well. Thanksgiving is looking like a clear day though for most parts of Idaho.
Colder is coming this week, make sure to bundle up!
An Idaho teen is behind bars after a dead baby was found in a hospital drop-off box meant for the anonymous surrender of newborns.
Angel Newberry, 18, was arrested in Twin Falls more than a month after medical officials found the dead baby girl wrapped in a blanket with her placenta still attached in the Safe Haven Baby Box at the Grove Creek Medical Center in Blackfoot, authorities announced Friday.
“The Safe Haven Baby Box is intended to safely and anonymously allow custodial parents to surrender a newborn under 30 days old without legal repercussions, provided the child is unharmed,” the Blackfoot Police Department said in a social media post.
“Unfortunately, the placement of a harmed or deceased infant is not protected under the system of Idaho law.”
Hospital staff immediately responded to an alarm on Oct. 13 indicating a baby had been placed in the box — making the disturbing discovery that the newborn had been dead long before she was abandoned, according to Safe Haven Baby Boxes.
Idaho law only allows for the surrender of an infant who is unharmed.
“We are heartbroken,” Safe Haven Baby Box founder Monica Kelsey said last month.
“Let this be clear: this is an illegal, deadly abandonment.”
The accused teen was charged with failing to report a death to law enforcement officials and the coroner, police said.
Additional charges could be filed as the investigation into the circumstances surrounding the baby’s death is ongoing.
She is being held at Bingham County Jail.
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