Did Your Partner Die? Are You Grieving? Do You Need Support?
These organizations are offered to provide grief support, education and resources to families affected by the death of a loved one. Use these resources to answer your questions, or to help your loved ones through the grief journey.
Wings for Widows –Wings for Widows provides professional financial coaching and education to help newly widowed men and women navigate the financial trauma that defines early widowhood. We provide financial advice, education, and encouragement at no cost; the results are financial clarity, confidence, and peace of mind.
What’s Your Grief –What’s Your Grief offers online and in-person continuing education training for grief support professionals. Using an accessible approach and a combination of practical and creative tools, we strive to help participants utilize relevant and useful theories, tools, and techniques in their work with people grieving a wide range of losses.
Option B –OptionB.Org is a nonprofit initiative of the Sheryl Sandberg & Dave Goldberg Family Foundation. Grief is one of the most universal human experiences, but all too often, no one talks about it. Here you’ll find personal stories that deal with loss openly and honestly.
National Funeral Directors –Remembering A Life is a consumer education initiative created by the National Funeral Directors Association (NFDA). NFDA is the world's leading and largest funeral service association, serving 19,700 individual members who represent more than 10,000 funeral homes in the United States and 49 countries around the world. NFDA is the trusted leader, beacon for ethics and the strongest advocate for the profession.
Hospice Foundation of America –HFA is a trusted source of information on end of life, hospice care and grief. Throughout this site you will find information about living with advanced life-limiting illness, options for care and helpful resources for caregivers.
WebMD –Read this article to understand the truth about the five stages, a new way to manage grief, how to avoid saying the wrong thing to someone in grief and much more useful information.
GriefNet –Our grief support groups operate 24-hours/day, 365 days/year. Members participate when they wish and are able to, not at a set time. When one member of a group sends an email message to the group, everyone in the group receives a copy. This allows many people to respond with love and caring to the thoughts and feelings of an individual, day and night, year-round. Since 1994 these groups have helped thousands of people around the world deal safely with their grief.
VITAS Healthcare –VITAS Healthcare support groups provide information and guidance to those experiencing grief and loss. We offer an assortment of phone-in support groups and Zoom video support groups, free of charge, to help meet the needs of caregivers. These support groups are offered by VITAS Bereavement Services.
Widowed Men –The GriefCare Place opened its doors in June of 1997. It offers a SAFE PLACE where those grieving the death of a loved one can find support, education, understanding, and a caring place to heal. The center serves individuals of all ages, offers a home-like atmosphere and is a non-denominational faith based organization where those of strong faith or those of none can come comfortably.