NATIONAL WEB LINKS | Grief and Counseling | AARP Grief and Loss Programs
http://www.aarp.org/griefandloss/home.html
For widowed and bereaved adults. | Alive Alone
http://www.alivealone.org
Assists bereaved parents that lost an only child or all of their children. | Alliance of Grandparents
http://www.agast.org
Alliance of Grandparents - A Support in Tragedy (AGAST) Dedicated to assisting all grandparents when a grandchild dies. | Bereaved Families Online
http://www.bereavedfamilies.net
Offers support to people who have lost an immediate family member. | Bereaved Parents of the USA
http://www.bereavedparentsusa.org
Aids and supports bereaved parents adn families struggling to survive their grief after the death of a child. | Compassionate Friends
http://www.compassionatefriends.com
Supports families who have experienced the death of a child. | Family Caregiver Support Network
http://www.caregiversupportnetwork.org
We are a free resource center for family caregivers of older adults. Our program is part of the
National Family Caregiver Support Program. All of our resources and services are free. | Grief Net
http://www.griefnet.org
Offers numerous discussion and support groups for bereaved persons (in email/listserve format)
and a variety of resources related to death and major losses. | Growth House
http://www.growthhouse.org/death.html
Offers an extensive grief and bereavement section, including a chat room and information about general and family bereavement, pregnancy loss, infant death and helping children with grief and illness. | GROWW - Grief Recovery Online
http://www.GROWW.org
GROWW is a non-profit, Internet based grief resource available to anyone who has lost a loved one
to death. GROWW provides a myriad of resources to the bereaved, including message boards, chat rooms and links to helpful information | Parents of Murdered Children (POMC)
http://www.pomc.com
Dedicated to helping the survivors of homicide victims with supportive family services after the
murder of a family member or friend. | WidowNet
http://www.widownet.org
Information and support group resource for, and by, men and women of all ages, religious backgrounds and sexual orientations who have suffered the death of a spouse or a life partner. | Wings of Light, Inc.
http://www.wingsoflight.org
Wings of Light, Inc. is a national non-profit organization that exists to provide a support network for individuals and families experiencing the death of a loved one in an aviation accident. |
|  A good starting place is always family and friends. Check with your local church to see if they offer a bereavement support group. Most local hospitals offer support groups or have access to one of them. If a hospice was involved they may also be able to offer some resources. | Grief and Counseling | | | Grief Support Group at Columbia Hospital call 414-961-3763 for meeting schedule | Kyle's Korner
http://www.kyleskorner.com
Kyle's Korner is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to assisting children, teens and their families who have experienced grief due to loss of a loved one through death. Families are offered support, understanding, empathy and education in a safe environment that is conducive to acceptance, respect, trust and caring throughout the healing process. For more information, please visit our website or call us at 414-831-5953. | Living through Loss Support Group.
1st and 3rd Tuesday of each month. Daytime group:10-11:30am. Evening group:6-7:30pm. For information call:
414-328-6800. No registration needed. | Loss of a Loved One Group Series of 6-8 sessions of 2 hours each. For information call Kathy Bruning at 262-524-9965 | | Stllwaters Cancer Support Group 434 Madison St. Waukesha, WI 53188 262-548-9148 8 week sessions throughout the year. | West Allis Memorial Hospital
8901 W. Lincoln Ave.
West Allis, WI 53227 | William Wendt Center for Loss and Healing
http://www.lossandhealing.org
Center can give names of grief counselors all over the country. It may also suggest play therapists,because the creative approaches they use often work better than talk therapy,particularly with teenagers and adults who can't or won't say much about their loss. |
FOR FAMILIES OF MILITARY / POLICE/ FIRE DEPARTMENTS | Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors (TAPS)
http://www.taps.org
Provides services to those that lost a loved one while serving in the armed forces. | Concerns of Police Survivors
http://www.nationalcops.org | |
| OTHER RESOURCES Hospice | Cancer Care Inc.
http://www.cancercare.org
Provides a special section on end of life and bereavement, as well as online bereavement groups facilitated by certified social workers. | Horizon Home Care and Hospice Grief Care and Resource Center 8979 N. Deerbrook Trail Brown Deer, WI 414-586-8383 Open Mon-Sat for walk ins http://www.hhch.net/griefcenter | HospiceNet
http://www.hospicenet.org/html/bereavement.html
Offers extensive information about grief and bereavement, including issues regarding children and adolescents. | National Hospice Organization
http://www.nho.org | FOR CHILDERN | The Dougy Center For Grieving Children
http://www.dougy.org
Dougy Center for Grieving Children provides grief support services to children or families who have experienced a loss. | KidsAid
http://www.kidsaid.com
Online support group for children dealing with any kind of loss. It includes artwork, stories and poems. | My Good Mourning Place
http://www.mygoodmourningplace.org
My Good Mourning Place is a bereavement center designed to help children and teens cope with the death of a loved one. Located in Milwaukee, we serve all of southeastern Wisconsin. In times of death, surviving children and teens are often the "forgotten mourners". Our center helps them recognize and cope with their feelings and emotions and seeks to help them at this critical stage in their development. We have a volunteer staff of facilitators, greeters, and general volunteers to help with our fund-raising efforts. The services of the center are free so our fundraising activities are essential. For more information, please go to our website. |
Loss of a Child | Children's Hospital of Wisconsin
9000 W. Wisconsin Ave.
Wauwatosa, WI 53226
Groups meet the 1st and 3rd Wednesday of each month from 7-9pm. For Infor- mation or to register call :414-266-2743 Support groups: Bereaved parents, Bereaved siblings, Bereaved mothers, Bereaved grand- parents. | American SIDS Institute
http://www.sids.org | SIDS Alliance
http://www.sidsalliance.org | Wisconsin Sudden Infant Death Center
For information call: 414-266-2743. | Center for Loss In Multiple Birth, Inc.
http://www.climb-support.org
Bereaved parents of one or more twins or multiples. |
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