Grief resources
Grief can feel overwhelming, but you don’t have to navigate it alone. We have put together a collection of resources to help you find comfort, guidance and connection during difficult times.
For all donor families:
This is the National Kidney Foundation’s website designed for families of organ and tissue donors.
800-622-9010
Website that takes a creative and practical approach to discussing various aspects of grief and loss.
For bereaved spouses:
Program created for widowed people by widowed people. Weekend long event annually in San Diego focused on recreating the future while honoring the past.
For bereaved parents:
National non-profit that offers support, compassion, and hope to newly bereaved parents, grandparents, & siblings. Offers information on local chapters.
501-847-4102
The Compassionate Friends, Inc
Guidance for families after the loss of a child of any age. Includes chapter locator to help families find local support groups.
877-969-0010
An organization that provides a self-help network and publications to promote healing, resolving grief, and reinvesting life for a positive future for bereaved parents.
Provides support to grieving families and offers a place for parents to create a free page in memory of their child’s life.
507-345-1920
Offers support to parents and others who have lost a child. Provides an online chat forum.
310-459-1789
Loss of an infant, stillbirth or miscarriage:
Provides counseling and advocacy services to families who have experienced the death of a child. Counselors are volunteers, most of whom have lost a child themselves.
888-455-6477
For grieving children:
Provides a place where children, teens, and their families grieving a death can share their experiences as they move through the healing process.
866-775-5683
Offers a free weekend camp for children coping with the death of a parent, sibling, or primary caregiver.
866-488-5679
The Center for Grieving Children
Program that provides support, guidance, and resources for families and children grieving the loss of a loved one.
207-775-5216
National Alliance for Grieving Children (NAGC)
Provides family grief support services and promotes awareness of the needs of children and teens grieving a death.
866-432-1542
Friends Way
401-921-0980
For bereaved siblings:
The Compassionate Friends, Inc
Guidance for families after the loss of a child of any age. Includes chapter locator to help families find local support groups.
1-877-969-0010
For those affected by violent deaths or suicide:
Parents of Murdered Children (POMC)
National organization for survivors of homicide. Offers peer counseling, individual assistance, support, and advocacy.
888-818-7662
American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
Provides support, resources, and aid to those affected by suicide.
888-333-2377
Provides healing support for people coping with the shock and complex emotions that accompany the loss of a loved one to suicide.
312-933-6777