“You go there. There’s no judgment. They’re always so kind. It’s a wonderful organization,” Rossetti said.
Janet Alfano, executive director of the Diaper Bank, said the amount of money they got from the state last year was cut by $168,000 in Gov. Ned Lamont’s two-year $46 billion budget.
The Diaper Bank helps about 5,000 children per month
“This is not the time to be cutting funding for something that is so essential,” Alfano said.
Republican State Rep. William Petit is supportive of the Diaper Bank and would like to see the funding restored.
“The timing is not good. We’re obviously a year into this pandemic and if anything I would suspect based on what I read the need has increased,” Petit said.
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