Helpful links
This essential guide brings together key resources, such as government assistance, local services, and grief support and counseling, all in one place.
Social Security Administration (SSA)
Information on benefits and next steps for Social Security recipients.
Department of Veteran Affairs (VA)
Assistance with burial benefits, memorial items, and military funeral honors.
National Cemetery Administration (NCA)
The NCA provides burial space for Veterans and their eligible family members.
The Sympathy Store
Purchase flowers & gifts from our partner sympathy store.
988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline
Free, confidential support and crisis resources available 24/7.
Center for Loss & Transition
A top source for guidance on illness, death, grief, caregiving, and spirituality.
Sesame Street's When Families Grieve
Educational content and activities to support children through their grief.
GriefPlan.com
Online resources and a therapeutic grief program.
National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization
Improving end of life care and expanding access to hospice care.
Psychologist Locator
American Psychological Association's directory of licensed psychologists.
National Register of Health Service Psychologists
Search and find a psychologist with critical, verified credentials.
Social Security
Social Security has provided financial protection for our nation's people for over 80 years. It is one of the most successful anti-poverty programs in our nation's history. They are passionate about supporting their customers by delivering financial support, providing superior customer service, and ensuring safety and security of your information- helping you secure today and tomorrow.
Department of Veteran Affairs
The VA, through its Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA), provides a variety of services for veterans including disability compensation, pension, education, home loans, life insurance, vocational, rehabilitation, survivors' benefits, health care, and burial benefits.
American Association of Retired Persons (AARP)
Write or call for pamphlets on widowed persons services, including a directory of services for the widowed.
The Compassionate Friends, Inc.
Non-profit, mutual assistance, self help organization to assist families, parents, grandparents, and / or siblings in positive resolution of grief following the death of a child; information; education; local chapters; newsletters; books; pamphlets; and audiovisual material.
The Dougy Center
The National Center for Grieving Children & Families; Crisis intervention manuals for facilitators, schools, national directory of children's grief services, videos, books, write-in memory books, and volunteer opportunities.
Hospice Foundation of America
Monthly newsletter on bereavement; videos, books, and free brochures.
Rainbows International
Non-profit international organization that offers training and curricula for child and adult peer support groups after death, divorce, and painful family transitions.
Grief Recovery Online
The site contains many articles, books, e-books, a helpline, links to other sites, and information for professionals.
NFDA
The National Funeral Directors Association is the worldwide source of expertise and professional resources for all facets of funeral service. Through education, information, and advocacy, NFDA is dedicated to supporting memories in their mission to provide families with meaningful end-of-life services at the highest levels of excellence and integrity.
