1,000 Days USA

1,000 Days

The leading non-profit organization working in the U.S. and around the world to ensure women and children have the healthiest first 1,000 days.

The first 1,000 days are a time of tremendous potential and enormous vulnerability. How well or how poorly mothers and children are nourished and cared for during this time has a profound impact on a child’s ability to grow, learn and thrive. This is because the first 1,000 days are when a child’s brain begins to grow and develop and when the foundations for their lifelong health are built.