Resources

The Compassionate Friends National Website

Tamarack Grief Resource Center - Specializing in bereavement camps, Tamarack Grief Resource Center strengthens and honors individuals and families throughout their journey with grief.

The Center for Loss and Life Transition

AARP - American Association of Retired People Grief and Loss program includes online articles, publications, support groups, and discussion boards on coping with the loss of a family member.

ACCESS - Aircraft Casualty Emotional Support Service provides peer grief support and resource information to those who have survived or lost loved ones in air disasters.

AFSP - American Foundation for Suicide prevention is dedicated to advancing knowledge of suicide and the ability to prevent it.

Alive Alone - designed to benefit bereaved parents whose only child or all children have died by providing a self-help network and newsletter to promote communication and healing.

BabySteps - named after the baby steps that form the long and difficult road to recovery from the loss of a child.

BPUSA - Bereaved Parents of the USA offers support, care, and compassion for bereaved parents, siblings, and grandparents.

Center for Loss in Multiple Births - by and for parents who have experienced the death of one or more children during a multiple pregnancy, at birth, and through childhood.

Childrens’ Memorial Garden- CMG's mission is to unite all U.S. memorial gardens dedicated in memory of children through a national registry and to offer families in sorrow multiple avenues of healing and hope through Networking, Education, Awareness, and Resources (N.E.A.R.).

Compassion Connection - contains articles and readings for all who have suffered a loss.

Comfort Zone Camp - No charge nonprofit camp for siblings and children (age 7-17) coping with the loss of a sibling or parent

Good Grief Resources - Good Grief Resources connects the bereaved and their caregivers with as many bereavement support resources as possible in one efficient and easy-to-use website directory.

griefHaven - griefHaven provides loving support, hope, and hands-on tolls for those who have lost a child, brother or sister, or grandchild, and also provides education to professionals and others seeking to help bereaved family members rebuild their lives.  

GriefNet - offers e-mail support groups for the bereaved including parents, siblings, and grandparents. It also offers a wide variety of bereavement related content including a comprehensive resource guide of bereavement organizations and a sister website for bereaved children, KIDSAID.

GROWW - Grief Recovery Online offers wide variety of grief and bereavement resources.

Hospice Foundation of America - includes information about hospice care and programs including bereavement support for families using hospice.

MADD - Mothers Against Drunk Drivers has a mission to stop drunk driving, support victims of violent crime, and prevent underage drinking.

MISS - Mothers in Sympathy and Support provides emergency support to families after the death of their baby or young child.

National SIDS Resource Center - provides information services and technical assistance on sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) and related topics.

Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep - When a baby or infant has died, Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep, through its nationwide network of professional photographers, will arrange a tasteful private sitting at the hospital with no charge for any services or pictures.

Parents Of Murdered Children - provides support and assistance to all survivors of homicide victims while working to create a world free of murder. 

SHARE Pregnancy and Infant Loss Support - SHARE's mission is to serve those who are touched by the tragic death of a baby through miscarriage, stillbirth, or newborn death.

SIDS Network - Sudden Infant Death Syndrome Network offers latest information, as well as support, for those who have been touched by the tragedy of SIDS/OID (other infant death).

SOS - Survivors of Suicide helps those who have lost a loved one to suicide to resolve their grief and pain in their own personal way.

SUDC - Sudden Unexplained Death In Childhood Program offers support, information, advocacy, and research opportunities for those touched by the sudden and unexplained death of a child (over 12 months of age).

TAPS - Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors is made up of, and provides services to, all those who have lost a loved one while serving the country in the Armed Forces.

TLC - National Institute for Trauma and Loss in Children is dedicated to helping traumatized children and families restore a sense of safety and reduce the effects of trauma; information available about trauma, resources, and training for professionals.

Twinless Twins - serves in support of twins (and all multiple births) who suffer from the loss of companionship of their twin through death, estrangement, or in-utero loss.

Guardian Insurance - Information on the loss of a twin as well as links to other resources.