n  2008: Well Baby Center was designed to respond to the great recession of 2008. Founder Groening-Rother, PsyD, had a vision to make family supportive services accessible to all. 

2020: COVID caused major disruption in the delivery of supportive care. WBC began providing an online option for our counseling services, but could not provide child counseling and parent-child groups for over two years. With assistance from the Cedars-Sinai Community Benefit Giving Office, we began offering counseling at no cost to help people manage the stress they were experiencing during the shutdown. 

2020: In response to the housing crisis in Venice, the founder gifted an eight-family compound to Venice Community Housing to develop as affordable permanent housing. WBC was provided space on-site.

2023: We engaged a non-profit consultant to guide us in becoming a public charity. Our mission expanded to include providing services to those who did not have access to mental health services. Well Baby Center became Well Family Marian Place. Well Baby Center became the name of our program for our birth-to-five services. 

2025: In the summer of 2025, we completed the move. We began hosting free family events to help the residents and the neighboring community get to know one another.

2026: We are now able to provide affordable counseling and parenting services to Marian Place residents in addition to our community at large. Well Family Marian Place is an example of a new, integrated approach to housing and supportive services.