Our Evolution

Brighter Beginnings has been responding to the needs of families in resource-poor neighborhoods since 1984, when our work began in response to the alarming difference in the incidence of mortality and illness among black babies as compared to babies of other races.

As our holistic view of healthy families developed, so did the array of programs that help our clients cope with multiple personal, familial and economic problems. We’ve also created a robust collaboration with like-minded agencies that give our client-families access to vital services such as healthcare, childcare, housing, education, job training and employment, and monetary aid and temporary benefits.

At this juncture, Brighter Beginnings has grown into a respected and well-connected organization with Family Strengthening Centers in Oakland, Richmond, Bay Point and Antioch. We’re blessed with a multi-cultural, bi-lingual staff of passionate and committed family-service professionals. In fact, many of our staff came to this work because of challenges they faced in their own families. Having transformed their lives, they feel an intense desire to be transformative in our client-families’ lives.