Together We Heal Community: We create space for people struggling with loss in its many forms and equip them with tools to build a life filled with joy.
The Compassionate Friends: Sacramento Chapter: If you are a member (or a friend) of a family that has suffered the death of a child, The Compassionate Friends is here to help you and provide support for the family.
Sutter Health - Children's Bereavement Art Group: Trained art therapists and volunteers lead the Children's Bereavement Art Group in Sacramento and Roseville. We offer a comforting space for children ages 4–17 to express their emotions through art after losing a loved one. Our group helps children and teens feel understood by their peers, provides art materials for healthy grief expression and supports the entire family with guidance and education throughout the grief process.
Sutter Health - Grief and Bereavement Support: Coping with the loss of a loved one can feel overwhelming, but you’re not alone. Sutter Care at Home offers individual and group support services for all ages to help you through grieving.
National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI): Sacramento Affiliate: NAMI Sacramento is an organization of families, friends and individuals whose lives have been affected by mental illness. Together, we advocate for better lives for those individuals who have a mental illness.
The Olivia Chan Foundation: After losing our daughter in 2022, we created the OCF with a bold vision: to open a grief center modeled after the Dougy Center in Portland -- a safe, welcoming space where grieving children and families find healing, community and hope.
Widowed Persons Association of California, Sacramento Chapter: A non-profit, non-denominational community service organization dedicated to helping widowed people overcome grief and learn to live and laugh again. All the people who work for our organization are widows and widowers. We know what it means to lose a spouse and how long and how hard the road seems to a new and independent life.
Regional (within the State of California):
Jessica's House: At Jessica’s House, we offer group support for children, teens, and young adults who are grieving the death of a parent or sibling, along with their adult caregiver. Our mission is that no child would grieve alone, providing hope and healing to our community.
Didi Hirsch: Didi Hirsch provides compassionate mental health, substance use, and suicide prevention services to individuals and families, especially in communities where discrimination and injustice limit access.
The Compassionate Friends: The Chapter meeting locator helps bereaved family members and those who care about them easily find local Chapter contact and meeting information.
National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI): There are more than 650 NAMI state organizations and affiliates across the country. Many NAMI affiliates offer an array of free support and education programs.
National (within the United States):
Alliance of Hope for Suicide Loss Survivors: Created by survivors for survivors, providing online healing support and other services for people who are coping with devastating loss to suicide. Their online forum operates like a 24/7 support group. Their website contains support resources and information on the survivor experience.
The Compassionate Friends: The Chapter meeting locator helps bereaved family members and those who care about them easily find local Chapter contact and meeting information.
TAPS - Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors: TAPS is the national nonprofit organization providing compassionate care and comprehensive resources to all those grieving a death in the military or veteran community.
The National Alliance for Children’s Grief (NACG): Nonprofit organization that 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 our members and partners, we educate, advocate and raise awareness about childhood bereavement.
The Dougy Center: Our mission is to provide grief support in a safe place where children, teens, young adults, and their families can share their experiences before and after a death. We provide support and training locally, nationally, and internationally to individuals and organizations seeking to assist children who are grieving.
Suicide Awareness Voices of Education (SAVE): SAVE hosts resources for suicide loss survivors, the opportunity for survivors to share their stories, and the Named Memorial program, which offers a special way to honor your loved one and ensure that SAVE’s impactful education and training programs continue to save lives.
National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI): There are more than 650 NAMI state organizations and affiliates across the country. Many NAMI affiliates offer an array of free support and education programs.
Global (worldwide):
Alliance of Hope for Suicide Loss Survivors: Created by survivors for survivors, providing online healing support and other services for people who are coping with devastating loss to suicide. Their online forum operates like a 24/7 support group. Their website contains support resources and information on the survivor experience.
TAPS International: The mission of TAPS International is to bring hope and healing worldwide to all those grieving the death of a loved one in defense of freedom, and to build stable societies for the surviving victims of conflict.
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