lack sufficient diapers and diapering supplies, and for 
other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘End Diaper Need Act 
of 2025’’. 
SEC. 2. TARGETED FUNDING FOR DIAPER ASSISTANCE (IN-
CLUDING DIAPERING SUPPLIES AND ADULT 
INCONTINENCE MATERIALS AND SUPPLIES) 
THROUGH THE SOCIAL SERVICES BLOCK 
GRANT PROGRAM. 
(a) INCREASE IN FUNDING FOR SOCIAL SERVICES 
BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The amount specified in 
subsection (c) of section 2003 of the Social Security 
Act (42 U.S.C. 1397b) for purposes of subsections 
(a) and (b) of such section is deemed to be 
$1,900,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2026 
through 2029. Each State shall use the increase in 
funding the State receives as a result of this section 
in accordance with subsection (b) of this section. 
(2) APPROPRIATION.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Out of any money in 
the Treasury of the United States not otherwise 
appropriated, 
there 
is 
appropriated 
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$200,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2026 
through 2029, to carry out this section. 
(B) RESERVATIONS.— 
(i) PURPOSES.—The Secretary shall 
reserve, from the amount appropriated 
under subparagraph (A) to carry out this 
section— 
(I) for each of fiscal years 2026 
through 2029, not more than 2 per-
cent of the amount appropriated for 
the fiscal year for purposes of enter-
ing into an agreement with a national 
entity described in subparagraph (C) 
to assist in providing technical assist-
ance and training, to support effective 
policy, practice, research, and cross- 
system collaboration among grantees 
and subgrantees, and to assist in the 
administration of the program de-
scribed in this section; and 
(II) for fiscal year 2026, an 
amount, not to exceed $3,000,000, for 
purposes of conducting an evaluation 
under subsection (d). 
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(ii) NO STATE ENTITLEMENT TO RE-
SERVED
FUNDS.—The State entitlement 
under section 2002(a) of the Social Secu-
rity Act (42 U.S.C. 1397a(a)) shall not 
apply to the amounts reserved under clause 
(i). 
(C) NATIONAL ENTITY DESCRIBED.—A na-
tional entity described in this subparagraph is 
a nonprofit organization described in section 
501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
and exempt from taxation under section 501(a) 
of such Code, that— 
(i) has experience in more than 1 
State in the area of— 
(I) community distributions of 
basic need services, including experi-
ence collecting, warehousing, and dis-
tributing basic necessities such as dia-
pers, food, or menstrual products; 
(II) child care; 
(III) child development activities 
in low-income communities; or 
(IV) motherhood, fatherhood, or 
parent education efforts serving low- 
income parents of young children; 
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(ii) demonstrates competency to im-
plement a project, provide fiscal account-
ability, collect data, and prepare reports 
and other necessary documentation; and 
(iii) demonstrates a willingness to 
share information with researchers, practi-
tioners, and other interested parties. 
(b) RULES
GOVERNING
USE
OF
ADDITIONAL 
FUNDS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Funds are used in accord-
ance with this subsection if— 
(A) the State, in consultation with relevant 
stakeholders, including agencies, professional 
associations, and nonprofit organizations, dis-
tributes the funds to eligible entities to— 
(i) decrease the need for diapers and 
diapering supplies and adult incontinence 
materials and supplies in low-income fami-
lies and meet such unmet needs of infants 
and toddlers, medically complex children, 
and low-income adults and adults with dis-
abilities in such families through— 
(I) the distribution of free dia-
pers and diapering supplies, medically 
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necessary diapers, and adult inconti-
nence materials and supplies; and 
(II) improving access to diapers 
and diapering supplies, medically nec-
essary diapers, and adult incontinence 
materials and supplies; 
(ii) carry out community outreach to 
assist in participation in diaper distribu-
tion programs or programs that distribute 
medically necessary diapers or adult incon-
tinence materials and supplies; and 
(iii) increase the ability of commu-
nities and low-income families in such com-
munities to provide for the need for dia-
pers and diapering supplies, medically nec-
essary diapers, and adult continence mate-
rials and supplies, of infants and toddlers, 
medically complex children, and low-income 
adults and adults with disabilities; 
(B) the funds are used subject to the limi-
tations in section 2005 of the Social Security 
Act (42 U.S.C. 1397d); and 
(C) the funds are used to supplement, not 
supplant, State general revenue funds provided 
for the purposes described in subparagraph (A). 
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(2) ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.—A State receiving 
funds made available under subsection (a) may use 
not more than 5 percent of the funds for State ad-
ministrative costs, which may include costs of con-
tracting, monitoring, and reporting. 
(3) ALLOWABLE
USES
BY
ELIGIBLE
ENTI-
TIES.—An eligible entity receiving funds made avail-
able under subsection (a) shall use the funds for any 
of the following: 
(A) To pay for the purchase and distribu-
tion of diapers and diapering supplies, medically 
necessary diapers, and funding diaper (includ-
ing medically necessary diapers) distribution 
that serves low-income families with— 
(i) 1 or more children 3 years of age 
or younger; or 
(ii) 1 or more medically complex chil-
dren. 
(B) To pay for the purchase and distribu-
tion of adult incontinence materials and sup-
plies and funding distribution of the materials 
and supplies for low-income families with 1 or 
more low-income adults, adults with disabilities, 
or children with a disability who have attained 
3 years of age and have not attained 19 years 
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