Basic Necessities

Basic Necessities is a Shreveport-based nonprofit organization that collects and distributes diapers, period products & incontinence supplies to low-income people in the ArkLaTex region.

We are the only designated diaper/period product bank within a 3-hour drive from our office in Shreveport, Louisiana.

Our target clients are low-income individuals & families living in the ArkLaTex, who cannot afford diapers, period products, and/or incontinence supplies due to unemployment, illness, and/or temporary economic difficulties.

Unfortunately, public assistance programs like WIC, SNAP, and Medicaid do not cover these specific items unless they are prescribed by a doctor as part of a medical treatment plan.

Our mission is to provide diapers, period products, and incontinence supplies to low-income people in the ArkLaTex at no cost to them.