Milford students have access to free menstrual products at school through a Loveland-based nonprofit's expanding program.
Impacting Tomorrow's Carry Her program has grown to serve 22 Cincinnati Public Schools and the Lockland and Milford school districts, WLWT reported. The program places products in school bathrooms and offices so students can grab what they need without asking a teacher or staff member, according to Axios.
Ken Tracy, who co-founded Impacting Tomorrow with his wife, Libby, said the effort targets a problem that often goes unaddressed. "Something as basic as access to feminine care products should never determine whether a young woman attends class or misses an opportunity to succeed," Tracy said in a statement reported by WLWT.
Carry Her launched in July 2025, Axios reported. Initial deliveries reached 42 students in the Lockland School District and 40 at Hughes High School, according to WLWT. The program has since scaled across the region.
Fourteen additional school districts are in discussions to participate, Axios reported. West Clermont is expected to join next, and the nonprofit hopes to eventually expand into Warren and Butler counties.
A 2024 Toledo study found 9.4% of students surveyed missed school because they lacked menstrual products, Axios reported. About 5.9% of children in Warren County and 13.1% in Butler County live below the federal poverty level, according to data from Cincinnati Children's cited by Axios.
Impacting Tomorrow operates a 45,000-square-foot facility at 455 Wards Corner Road in Miami Township, where it provides food, clothing, medical care and other resources at little or no cost, WCPO reported in September 2025. Impacting Tomorrow says its campus recorded more than 135,000 service encounters in 2025 across food assistance, health care, maternal support and pediatric therapy.
The nonprofit plans to provide monthly supplies to participating schools and will track attendance, student confidence and classroom engagement as it builds a model for wider expansion, Axios reported. Residents interested in volunteering can sign up at impactingtomorrow.com.
