Support Groups

 

The mission of The Compassionate Friends is to assist families toward the positive resolution
of grief following the death of a child of any age and to provide
information to help others be supportive.
www.compassionatefriends.org

The mission of The Dougy Center for Grieving Children is to provide support
in a safe place where children, teens and their families grieving a death
can share their experiences as they move through their grief process.
www.dougy.org

Fernside is a non-profit organization offering support and advocacy to grieving families who have
experienced a death. Fernside offers peer support for grieving children, teens and adults.
Fernside works to increase community awareness of grief issues through community outreach.
www.fernside.org

GriefNet.org is an Internet community of persons dealing with grief, death,
and major loss. We have almost 50 e-mail support groups and two web sites.
Our integrated approach to on-line grief support provides help to people working
through loss and grief issues of many kinds.
www.griefnet.org

Created to serve people in their journey through grief. Families Helping Families
is unique in its approach, focusing on a recognition and respect for the belief that
grief is individual, and there is no correct answer or ready solution for overcoming
grief. Over 250 families are supported each year through individual and group
facilitation. Hundreds more are helped by using the program as a
first step on their individual journey
www.jennadruck.org

SANDS is a self-help support group comprised of parents who have
experienced the death of a baby through miscarriage,
stillbirth, or shortly after birth.
www.sandsvic.org.au

This site is the growing collaborative effort of individuals from across
the United States and around the world. This sites offers up-to-date
information as well as support for those who have been touched
by the tragedy of SIDS/OID.
www.sids-network.org

You've just gone through a tragic time in your life. You might be young, but you're not alone.

www.youngwidowsandwidowers.com

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