Eugene’s longtime Daisy CHAIN postpartum nonprofit permanently closed Feb. 20.
Since 2012, Daisy CHAIN (Creating Healthy Alliances In New-mothering) provided an array of services for people in the early stages of parenting in Lane County. The organization connected parents with free birth and postpartum doulas, lactation services, pregnancy support and early childhood education.
Daisy CHAIN’s interim executive director declined to comment in time for publication, but in its public statement, the organization cited an “increasingly difficult financial climate” as the reason for “the incredibly difficult decision” to close down…