The death of a child can affect many lives - parents, children, siblings, grandparents, friends, etc. Each individual will experience and process their feelings in many ways. Listed below are websites that we hope will be helpful to all those who have been touched by the death of a child.
We have no affiliation with any of the organizations listed. We have just found these sites to have information that may be helpful and encouraging.
Alliance of Grandparents, A Support in Tragedy (AGAST)
www.agast.org
Originally started as a SIDS grandparent support group, this nonprofit organization is now dedicated to assisting all grandparents when a grandchild dies.
A Place to Grieve
www.newhope-grief.org/teengrief
A safe place for teens to express and share when someone close has died.
A Place to Remember
www.aplacetoremember.com
Uplifting support materials and resources for those who been touched by a crisis in pregnancy or the death of a baby.
Bereavement Forum
www.linda-angel.com/board/index.php
Share your story with others and help us all to understand our own grief.
Compassionate Friends
www.compassionatefriends.org
The Compassionate Friends is a national nonprofit, self-help support organization which offers friendship and understanding to families who are grieving the death of a child of any age, from any cause. There is no religious affiliation. There are no membership fees or dues and all bereaved family members are welcome.
The Dougy Center
www.dougy.org
The Dougy Center, through their National Center for Grieving Children and Families, provide support and training locally, nationally and internationally to individuals and organizations seeking to assist children in grief.
KIDSAID
www.kidsaid.com
KIDSAID is a safe place for kids to share and to help eachother deal with grief about any of their losses.
Parents of Murdered Children, Inc.
www.pomc.com
Provides ongoing emotional support needed to help parents and other survivors facilitate the reconstruction of a "new life" and to promote a healthy resolution. Not only does POMC help survivors deal with their acute grief, but with the criminal justice system as well.
Supporting Kidds
www.supportingkidds.org
Kidds provides a safe and caring environment for children and teenagers faced with a significant loss.
The Compassionate Friends of Atlanta
www.tcfatlanta.org
This site is dedicated to those who have experienced the death of a child or sibling.
Circle of Hope - MS and TN
www.circleofhope-ms.com
Circle of Hope provides emotional support to family members who are working through the devastating loss of a loved one to murder in Mississippi and Tennessee.
Mothers of Murdered Sons/Daughters
www.memorial-of-love.net/moms
A place for mothers to communicate with each other, to provide some inforamtion about the grief process and to provide information links to helpful sites.
Healing Hearts for Bereaved Parents
www.healingheart.net
Dedicated to supporting and serving other bereaved parents and their families whose child(ren) have died no matter the age, cause or circumstance of death.
Grief Healing
www.griefhealing.com
Offers information, comfort and support to anyone anticipating or coping with a significant loss in his/her life and wants to better understand the grief that accompanies it.
The Sibling Connection
www.counselingstlouis.net
Includes information for siblings who lost a brother or sister during childhood, adolescence or adulthood.
Silent Grief
www.silentgrief.com
Support for all who have suffered a miscarriage, stillbirth or older loss.
Alive Alone
www.alivealone.com
Designed to benefit bereaved parents whose only child or all children have died by providing a self-help network and newsletter to promote communication and healing, to assist in resolving their grief and a means to reinvest their lives for a positive future.
MADD
www.madd.org
Mission is to stop drunk driving, support victims of violent crime and prevent underage drinking.