Bright by Text: Working hard to help families from prenatal to preteen
Supporting families with mental health resources, access to food, parenting tips, and so much more. Bright by Text builds nurturing caregiver-child relationships, strengthens families and their connections to their communities, promotes healthy child development, and improves school readiness for more than 410,000 children nationwide.
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Each week, caregivers receive 2-4 text messages tailored to their child's age in English or Spanish. Bright by Text aggregates evidence-based content from early childhood experts that includes developmental milestones, brain development, social-emotional health, nutrition and caregiver resilience. Through partnerships with local organizations, we enhance families' access to community resources and medical, educational, and social services.
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Bright by Text's mission is to help all families give kids a bright beginning so they can reach their full potential.
It is our vision that every child has the opportunity to THRIVE!
Bright Beginnings was founded in 1995 by Brad Butler, former chairman of Procter and Gamble, and Colorado Governor Roy Romer. On a model that stressed prevention rather than intervention, they envisioned an organization that would help the community come together to support parents and promote the intellectual, social, emotional and physical development of all Colorado children in their first three years of life. Together they engaged influential business and community leaders to develop programs that promote the importance of early childhood development and raise awareness about how critical it is for society to invest in supports during those early years.
In 2014, the decision was made to transition all of our evidence based content to text messaging to reach more parents and caregivers. Over the last year, Bright by Text has reached over 21,000 parents in Colorado alone and over 370,000 caregivers nationwide.
Organization name
Bright by Text
other names
Bright by Three, Colorado Bright Beginnings, BBT, Bright Beginnings
1995
Tax id (EIN)
84-1382420
Category
Human Services
Organization Size
Large Organization
Colorado State Tax Credits
Colorado Child Care Credit
Address
PO Box 7038CO, US
US