Daisy CHAIN nonprofit in Eugene closes, halting local pregnancy and postpartum services

Daisy CHAIN, a long-standing Eugene nonprofit that provided pregnancy, birth and postpartum supports, closed operations effective Feb. 20, 2026, the organization announced. The closure halts locally based doula services, lactation support and peer parent groups that served families across Eugene and surrounding parts of Lane County.

Founded as a community-focused provider, Daisy CHAIN had been known in Eugene for offering doula care during labor and birth and follow-up supports in the postpartum period. Those specific services - doula services, lactation support and peer parent groups - are no longer available through the organization after Feb. 20, 2026, removing an established channel of in-community assistance for birthing people and infants.

Local parents and community members who relied on Daisy CHAIN’s peer parent groups and lactation consultations will now face the loss of in-person support networks in Eugene. The cessation of doula services eliminates a nonclinical companion option during labor for clients who selected Daisy CHAIN’s doulas, and the end of lactation support closes a local source of breastfeeding help for new parents in the city.

Public health implications in Lane County are immediate: removing community-based lactation support and peer-led postpartum groups can reduce access to early breastfeeding assistance and community mental-health supports for new parents. With Daisy CHAIN’s services halted as of Feb. 20, 2026, health planners and maternal-child health advocates in Eugene will need to account for the sudden gap in nonclinical supports that complement clinical prenatal and postnatal care.

The closure also raises questions about equitable access to pregnancy and postpartum resources in Eugene. Daisy CHAIN’s programming had offered in-community supports that often lower logistical barriers such as travel and informal peer connection; the loss of those specific offerings may disproportionately affect families who depended on local, nonmedical supports in neighborhoods across Eugene.

Daisy CHAIN’s shutdown on Feb. 20, 2026, marks the immediate end of its listed services in Eugene - doula services, lactation support and peer parent groups - and creates a concrete service gap for families in the city. Policymakers, health systems and community organizations in Lane County will need to identify replacement options and strategies to restore the specific supports Daisy CHAIN provided.