California becomes first state to provide a month of free diapers to all newborns

Parents will receive hundreds of free diapers before leaving hospital under new program aimed at alleviating expenses California families welcoming newborns will soon receive hundreds of free diapers before leaving the hospital under a first-in-the-country program announced on Friday by the state’s governor, Gavin Newsom. During the program’s first year, it will be offered at about 65 to 75 hospitals that handle about a quarter of births in the state and largely serve low-income patients, New...

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Newsom's 'Golden State Start' promises 400 free diapers per baby as California grapples with budget woes

Gov. Gavin Newsom announces Golden State Start, a new California program offering 400 free diapers to every family with a newborn starting this summer.

California babies are getting a free diaper stash at birth

Gov. Gavin Newsom is praising the free diaper program as a way to lower costs for families. Galina Zhigalova/Getty Images California will give new parents 400 free diapers before they leave the hospital. Gov. Gavin Newsom announced a first-in-the-nation diaper program launching this summer. The state says it's part of a broader push to help ease the cost of early parenting. Some California hospitals are about to hand new parents a new state-sponsored freebie: roughly a month's worth of diap...