WEST CHESTER, Ohio — Hope's Closet, a West Chester organization that provides free clothing to foster families, is experiencing a shortage of items as demand increases this season.

The organization's leaders said that hundreds of foster families have been shopping for clothing this year, an increase from last year, creating a strain on their inventory.

"When I first came four months ago to get stuff initially, this was all full, so the bassinet area, this was all full," said Hannah Riesenberg, a foster parent.

This organization provides foster families with free clothes. But they're facing shortages this season

Riesenberg has witnessed the dramatic decrease in available items firsthand.

"Sometimes (a family could have) twins, so a family could easily today need to bassinets and we'd o

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