Grief Resources & Organizations

General

GRIEFSHARE.org
WidowNet – Online information and self help resources for coping with a loss. Created for, and by, widows and widowers.
Journey of the Heart – An online Healing place for anyone grieving a loss.

MyGriefCare.com – The most comprehensive online grief support program available providing people everywhere easily accessible grief support that lessens isolation and encourages hope and healing.   Walks with you from just after the loss all the way through healing and learning to live again.  Developed by two grief experts who are also widowed. 14 day trial period

National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization – A great resource for people who face life-limiting illnesses and for their caregivers.
Trauma Intervention Program, National Site – Incredible resources page that touches on every area including: children/teens, loss/trauma, domestic violence, emergency responder procedures, fire loss, suicide, violent crimes, workplace loss.
Webhealing.com – An interactive grief website.

 

Seniors/Grandparents

 AARP – American Association of Retired People Grief & Loss Site.
 The MISS Foundation formerly known as A.G.A.S.T – Support Group for Grandparents
 Willowgreen – Offers support, info, and products for those dealing with aging, illness, and loss.

 

Parents

Alive Alone – for the education and charitable purposes to benefit bereaved parents.
Formomsonly.org – For Moms Only is a healing place where you will find other mothers who can help you on this difficult journey.
Open to Hope – Open To Hope website is an online community where people can find and share inspirational stories of life, loss and love. We encourage our visitors to read, listen, share, and contribute with honesty and compassion. Online forum with information and bereavement support so that people who experience loss can learn to cope with their pain, heal their grief, and invest in their future.
 Our Children’s Memorial Walkway – A positive place to remember our children.

 

Loss Of Spouse

SoaringSpirits.org – Bereavement support and resources for coping with a loss of a spouse. For widows and widowers including penpals and regional support groups.

Wings for Widows– Guiding the newly widowed to financial wellness.  They help newly widowed men and women navigate the financial trauma of loss.  There is absolutely no cost for their financial coaching services and they don’t sell you anything. 

Loss Of Child

COPE (Connecting Our Paths Eternally) is a non-profit grief and healing organization dedicated to helping parents and families living with the loss of a child.
compassionatefriends.org – National, self help organization providing grief support after the death of a child. Included a chapter locator and supportive online brochures.

 

Loss Of Infant, Miscarriage Or Still Born

Babies Remembered – Honoring the sacred lives of precious babies, never forgotten, always loved.
Baby Steps – Support for those on the long road to recovery from the loss of a baby.
Center for Loss in Multiple Births – We are parents who have experienced the death of one or more, both or all of our twins or higher multiples at any time from conception through birth, infancy and childhood.
Grieving for Babies – Guides families and professionals towards understanding a grief caused by death of a baby during pregnancy, at birth and in the first few months of life.
Infants Remembered In Silence, Inc. – A site offering support, education and resources on the death of a child in early pregnancy (miscarriage, ectopic pregnancy etc.), or from premature birth, stillbirth, neo-natal death, birth defects, sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), illness and all other types of infant and early childhood death.
Missing GRACE Foundation – Missing GRACE Foundation’s mission is to provide resources and support for families that have experienced: pregnancy loss, infant loss, infertility or adoption and to advocate for comprehensive, patient-focused prenatal care for all women. Five core areas encompass the heart of the mission:Grieve, Restore, Arise,Commemorate and Educate.
National Organization of Parents of Murdered Children, Inc. – (E-mail) A self-help group dedicated solely to the aftermath and prevention of murder.
Share – Pregnancy & Loss Support, Inc.
Silent Grief – “Support for All Who Have Suffered Miscarriage and Later Child Loss.”
Sudden Infant Death Network – A World of Information & Support.

 

Children

www.childrengrieve.org – National Alliance for Grieving Children.
Comfort Zone Camps – Comfort zone camps are for children who are dealing with all kinds of grief. Death of parent, sibling or any type loss.
Fernside.org – A Center for Grieving Children.
Teen Grief – This is a site to let teens connect with other teens for support.

 

Families

Compassionate Friends – Non-profit, self-help support organization open to all Bereaved Parents, Grandparents, and siblings.

 

Siblings

The Gift of Keith – A memorial site designed by a bereaved sibling for siblings.
Sibling Connection, The – Resources for Bereaved Siblings.

 

Military

Taps – The Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors, Inc. (TAPS) provides a wide variety of programs and information to survivors, military and casualty personnel and others.

 

Suicide

The Gift of Keith – A memorial site designed by a bereaved sibling for siblings.
Alliance of Hope for Suicide Survivors – The Alliance of Hope for Suicide Loss Survivors provides healing support for people coping with the shock, excruciating grief and complex emotions that accompany the loss of a loved one to suicide.

 

Death Due To Substance Abuse

GRASP Grief Recovery After a Substance Passing – provides sources of help, compassion and most of all, understanding, for families or individuals who have had a loved one die as a result of drugs.

 

Memorial Sites

Gone Too Soon – Create an everlasting tribute to someone close to you whom you have lost.
www.memoryjar.org – This is a site for sharing memories and information.
www.memory-of.com – Many touching memorials and help to set up your own memorial.
www.victims-of-violence.memory-of.com – Many touching memorials focused on violent deaths and help to set up your own memorial.

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