Online Resources
General Bereavement
Resource
National Alliance for Children's Grief
Raises awareness about the needs of children and teens who are grieving a death and provides education and resources for anyone who supports them. Through the collective voice of their members and partners, they educate, advocate and raise awareness about childhood bereavement.
Raises awareness about the needs of children and teens who are grieving a death and provides education and resources for anyone who supports them. Through the collective voice of their members and partners, they educate, advocate and raise awareness about childhood bereavement.
Association for Death Education and Counseling
Professional interdisciplinary organization for the field of death, dying and bereavement.
Professional interdisciplinary organization for the field of death, dying and bereavement.
Whats Your Grief?
You don't have to grieve alone. What's Your Grief is a place for sharing, support resources, and more.
You don't have to grieve alone. What's Your Grief is a place for sharing, support resources, and more.
Actively Moving Forward
An online resource for college students young adults grieving the death of a someone important.
An online resource for college students young adults grieving the death of a someone important.
Coalition to Support Grieving Students
A collaboration of school professionals who have come together with a common conviction: grieving students need the support and care of the school community.
A collaboration of school professionals who have come together with a common conviction: grieving students need the support and care of the school community.
How to Identify and Address Complicated Grief
Complicated Grief, or chronic bereavement disorder, is a clinical term that refers to grief that is ingrained in a person's habits to a disabling degree, imparting function.
Complicated Grief, or chronic bereavement disorder, is a clinical term that refers to grief that is ingrained in a person's habits to a disabling degree, imparting function.
The Centering Corporation
Online grief & loss bookstore for the bereaved as well as professionals
Online grief & loss bookstore for the bereaved as well as professionals
Remembering A Life
Your guide to honoring a life well-lived, from planning a tribute to mourning a loved one.
Your guide to honoring a life well-lived, from planning a tribute to mourning a loved one.
The Dougy Center
Community bereavement center founded in 1982. National resource for children’s bereavement center locations across the country
Community bereavement center founded in 1982. National resource for children’s bereavement center locations across the country
Eluna
Supporting Children, Teens, and Families impacted by Grief or Addiction
Supporting Children, Teens, and Families impacted by Grief or Addiction
Center for Loss and Life Transition
Dr. Alan Wolfelt’s organization promoting ‘companion’ model of grief support
Dr. Alan Wolfelt’s organization promoting ‘companion’ model of grief support
Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors (TAPS)
Resource for anyone who has experienced the loss of a loved one who was in the military, regardless of circumstances of the death
Resource for anyone who has experienced the loss of a loved one who was in the military, regardless of circumstances of the death
Association for Pet Loss and Bereavement
Hospice
Resource
Pickles Group
Provides free peer-to-peer support and resources for kids and teens impacted by their parent or guardian’s cancer.
Provides free peer-to-peer support and resources for kids and teens impacted by their parent or guardian’s cancer.
Hospice Foundation of America
National organization facilitating support for bereaved parents and siblings. Website includes chapter finder for local meetings near you
National organization facilitating support for bereaved parents and siblings. Website includes chapter finder for local meetings near you
National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization
Includes information and resources on end-of-life care in addition to terminal illness and bereavement
Includes information and resources on end-of-life care in addition to terminal illness and bereavement
Communicating End of Life Care Wishes With Clinicians and Family
Includes information and examples on how to communicate with health care providers and family members on end-of-life-care.
Includes information and examples on how to communicate with health care providers and family members on end-of-life-care.
Child Loss
Resource
Three Little Birds
Support for families experiencing miscarriage, stillbirth and neonatal loss in the Philadelphia and South Jersey region through various volunteer programs and virtual and in-person events.
Support for families experiencing miscarriage, stillbirth and neonatal loss in the Philadelphia and South Jersey region through various volunteer programs and virtual and in-person events.
The Compassionate Friends, Inc.
National organization facilitating support for bereaved parents and siblings. Website includes chapter finder for local meetings near you
National organization facilitating support for bereaved parents and siblings. Website includes chapter finder for local meetings near you
UNITE, Inc.
Regional grief support after miscarriage, stillbirth and infant death
Regional grief support after miscarriage, stillbirth and infant death
Suicide and Violent Deaths
Resource
American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
Information for professionals and those impacted by suicide
Information for professionals and those impacted by suicide
American Association of Suicidology
Information for professionals and those impacted by suicide
Information for professionals and those impacted by suicide
Chester Community Coalition
Provides trauma-informed support services to families directly affected by gun violence in Chester, PA and Delaware County.
Provides trauma-informed support services to families directly affected by gun violence in Chester, PA and Delaware County.
Camp Mariposa - Eluna
Camp Mariposa is a free year-round addiction prevention and youth mentoring program for youth ages 9-17 who are affected by the substance use of a family member. Campers build knowledge, life skills, confidence, and connect with peers and trained adult mentors.
Camp Mariposa is a free year-round addiction prevention and youth mentoring program for youth ages 9-17 who are affected by the substance use of a family member. Campers build knowledge, life skills, confidence, and connect with peers and trained adult mentors.
Grief and Addiction
A guide for those coping with grief and substance abuse, and losing someone to addiction.
A guide for those coping with grief and substance abuse, and losing someone to addiction.
Alcohol and Grief
While some can come to terms relatively quickly, others will look for external ways to cope. Alcohol has become an all-too-common means of dealing with that grief.
While some can come to terms relatively quickly, others will look for external ways to cope. Alcohol has become an all-too-common means of dealing with that grief.
Other Resources
Resource
Greater Philadelphia Grief Collaborative
A dedicated partnership of five centers across Philadelphia and the five county area that serve grieving children, teens, and adults.
A dedicated partnership of five centers across Philadelphia and the five county area that serve grieving children, teens, and adults.