Many American Families Struggle to Afford Basic Personal Care Items and Household Goods
A new study, In Short Supply: American Families Struggle to Secure Everyday Essentials, the nation’s leading domestic hunger-relief organization, reveals that many families with children struggle to afford basic, non-food household goods, including products related to personal care, household care and baby care. As a result, these families often make trade-offs with other living expenses and […]
What is Hygiene Poverty?
Hygiene poverty is not being able to afford many of the everyday hygiene and personal grooming products most of us take for granted. The reality of low income is that it restricts people’s options, leaving us caught between being able to heat our homes, pay the rent, eat or be clean. Two thirds of those […]
