SUPPORT ORGANIZATIONS AND LINKS
The Compassionate Friends
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
Offering compassionate care to all those grieving the loss of a loved one who died while serving in our Armed Forces or as a result of his or her service. Since 1994, TAPS has provided comfort and hope 24/7 through a national peer support network and connection to grief resources, all at no cost to surviving families and loved ones.
The Compassionate Friends
The Compassionate Friends
The Compassionate Friends
Supporting families after a child dies. The Compassionate Friends provides highly personal comfort, hope, and support to every family experiencing the death of a son or a daughter, a brother or a sister, or a grandchild, and helps others better assist the grieving family.
The Compassionate Friends
If you are supporting a child who is grieving, we are here to connect you to resources and local support. The alliance is a national organization of professionals dedicated to supporting children and the networks and communities surrounding them.
Connect to local support across the United States on our Find Support page.
AFSP is a voluntary health organization that gives those affected by suicide a nationwide community empowered by research, education and advocacy to take action against this leading cause of death.
The Dougy Center - The National Center for Grieving Children & Families provides support in a safe place where children, teens, young adults and their families grieving a death can share their experiences.
Jessica’s House provides support in a safe place for children, teens, young adults and their families grieving a death because no one should grieve alone.
We are dedicated to helping those who are grieving. We create space for people struggling with loss in its many forms and equip them with tools to build a life filled with joy.
Didi Hirsch Mental Health Services has provided mental health, substance use disorder and suicide prevention services since 1942. Dedicated to serving communities where stigma or poverty limits access, Didi Hirsch provides quality, compassionate care to more than 189,000 people annually across its programs.
Suicide Prevention Resource Center (SPRC)
Campbell & Associates, instruction in the active postvention model of survivor outreach.
Dr. Edwin Shneidman’s concept of "postvention as prevention” has governed Dr. Frank Campbell’s work with suicide survivors since 1986. Dr. Campbell envisioned a “LOSS Team”, a team of trained survivors who would go to the scenes of suicides to disseminate information about resources and be the installation of hope for the newly bereaved.
Suicide Prevention Resource Center (SPRC)
SAVE's mission is to prevent suicide through public awareness and education, reduce stigma and serve as a resource to those touched by suicide.
SAVE was one of the nation’s first organizations dedicated to the prevention of suicide. Our work is based on the foundation and belief that suicide is preventable and everyone has a role to play in preventing suicide. Through raising public awareness, educating communities, and equipping every person with the right tools, we know we can SAVE lives.
Suicide Prevention Resource Center (SPRC)
Suicide Prevention Resource Center (SPRC)
Suicide Prevention Resource Center (SPRC)
SPRC is the only federally supported resource center devoted to advancing the implementation of the
National Strategy for Suicide Prevention
SPRC advances suicide prevention infrastructure and capacity building through:
Consultation, training, and resources to enhance suicide prevention efforts in states, Native settings, colleges, health systems, and organizations that serve populations at risk for suicide.
Staffing, administrative, and logistical support to the Secretariat of the Nat'l Action Alliance for Suicide Prevention.