History

Birth To Three was founded as a grassroots community project in 1978 in Eugene, Lane County, Oregon. Since that beginning, more than 87,000 local parents and their children have benefited from Birth To Three programs and services.

Today Birth To Three is one of the premier parenting organizations in the country, a model for others to replicate, and most of all, a way to create an extended family and sense of community through the common bond of parenthood. The success of our many programs has made an impact on families nationally and internationally.

We have built on what we have learned since 1978 in providing parenting education and support. We have developed nationally recognized parenting education curricula which are now being used at more than 800 sites in 45 states and Washington, D.C.; 13 international countries; and in Native American and Native Hawaiian communities.