1970
The Washington State abortion referendum was passed making abortions legal for Washington residents.

The Walla Walla Family Planning Clinic was opened by Dr. Fry who had trained at the Margaret Sanger Clinic.

1971
The Yakima clinic moved to 208 North 3rd Avenue. Lyn Reynolds was selected as the PPAYC Executive Director.

1972
Open Door Clinic opened at 127 Canal Drive in Kennewick. The first family planning services in the Tri-Cities were offered in two small clinics, run by the Health Department and by the Benton/Franklin Community Action committee.

1974
Ginger Vetrano was selected as the Director of the Open Door Clinic in Kennewick.

1975
Gwen Chaplin was selected as the new Director for the PPAYC.

1976
The Open Door Clinic in Kennewick affiliated with Planned Parenthood Federation of America to become Planned Parenthood of Benton-Franklin Counties (PPBFC).

1977
The PPBFC clinic moved to 18 North Auburn in downtown Kennewick.

1980
A Richland site was opened by PPBFC.

1983
The Adolescent Pregnancy and Parenting Program (APPP) was funded to serve pregnant and parenting teens in Yakima County.

Gwen Chaplin was awarded the Ruth Green Award by PPFA. The award exemplified her leadership in working with boards, in planning, public policy and fund development and in her activities beyond the local affiliate.

1987
A generous bequest from Dorothy Prior made it possible to completely remodel the Yakima Clinic and Administrative Offices.

1989
A merger between PPAYC and PPBFC formed Planned Parenthood of Central Washington (PPCW).

September: PPCW opened a Pasco clinic.

1990
March: PPCW opened a clinic in Ellensburg.

June: The Kennewick clinic was closed. Services continued at the Pasco clinic while remodeling occurred on a new, larger clinic in Kennewick.

August: The Richland clinic closed.

1991
September: A Tri-Cities clinic opened at 7426 West Bonnie in Kennewick.

October: Abortion services began in Tri-Cities clinic.

1993
November: Planned Parenthood of Walla Walla and Planned Parenthood of Central Washington merged.

1995
Planned Parenthood of Central Washington became a host site for a Centers for Disease Control grant funding innovative approaches to teen pregnancy prevention in Yakima County.

1997
The first act of violence occurred in PPCW's history when a small fire was set outside the administrative entrance to the Yakima Clinic. As a result, security measures at all centers were upgraded.

1999
Planned Parenthood of Central Washington acquired additional funding from the Centers for Disease Control. The funding, supplemental to the teen pregnancy funding was targeted at innovative approaches to HIV/STD and teen pregnancy prevention.

2000
Planned Parenthood of Central Washington began raising $210,000 to build new Walla Walla Health Center that was to be named in honor of Ruth Baker Kimball.

2001
March: New Walla Walla clinic opened.

July: Washington State received a family planning waiver, allowing all women 200% of the federal poverty level or below to access free family planning services.

2002
Planned Parenthood of Central Washington purchased a van allowing nurses to travel to remote areas and provide services that do not require an examination.

PPCW received supplemental funding from the Centers for Disease Control to initiate a research project to decipher the critical components in Teen Pregnancy Prevention with Latina youth.

2003
Planned Parenthood of Central Washington began raising $830,000 to build a larger Yakima Health Center and Administrative Headquarters that was to be named in honor of Ileen Simonson Shields.

2004
Washington State legislators awarded $250,000 for provision of family planning services to non-citizens in Yakima County.

2005
January: PPCW's Yakima Health Center and Administrative Headquarters moved to the new location at 1117 Tieton Drive.

July: Gwen Chaplin retired after 30 years as President/CEO of PPCW.

August: Anna Franks became the new President/CEO of PPCW.