Infant Needs Program

About the Program

Category: Human Services (Best in Category)

Year: 2010

The County of San Bernadino Transitional assistance Department (TAD) and the Children’s Fund, a nonprofit public-private partnership and member of the county’s Children’s Network, collaborated to initiate the Infant Needs Project. A gap in services was identified by TAD staff members accepting application for assistance from families with infants who could not provide, or obtain through community resources, basic need items. The infant Needs Project was developed to provide these basic needs items, including formula, bottles, diapers and wipes to ensure the health and safety of infants in remote desert areas. The collaborative effort has TAD staff identifying families with an urgent infant need during the cash aid, nutrition assistance and Medicaid application process. The needed items are provided immediately to the family to ensure the infant’s nutrition and health needs are met. Children’s Fund purchases and distributes the infant need items to the TAD desert offices to ensure a stock is readily available. Children’s Fund, through a unique public-private partnership, is able to fund the project completely through donated funds.