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Please also visit:

• Before the Birth
• During Birth
• After the Birth (immediate postpartum and long term healing)
• Farewell Celebrations to link into immediate funeral/burial/cremation information that is not based on location, as well as personalized farewell options such as crafts or special events, and support resources.

Groups:

• MEND
• The SBD Love Cupboards host various group gatherings, including Sewing Circles
• The SBD Professional Doulas host various group gatherings, including Birthing Healing retreats and workshops for stillbirthday parents

Organizations:

• Mississippi SIDS Alliance
  Mrs. Cathy Files
  P.O. Box 2170
  Madison, MS 39130-2170
  Phone: 877-471-7437 or (601)-859-8900
  Email: mssids@jam.rr.com
• Mississippi State Department of Health
  Ms. LaQutia Cooper, SIDS Coordinator
  570 East Woodrow Wilson
  PO Box 1700
  Jackson, MS 39215
  Phone:(601) 576-7476
  Fax: (601) 576-7498
  Email:lcooper@msdh.state.ms.us

• The International Society for the Study of Trauma & Dissociation has an emphasis on therapist guided psychotherapy and a resource list to locate one near you.

Books, Websites and More:

Please be sure to visit the immediate emotional health resources that include crisis hotlines, websites, and books on bereavement.

To add your listing, please submit your information and it will be added to the site.  This website does not endorse (nor is it liable to) any individual or business, and contracts and arrangements will be made on an individual basis.

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Please also visit:

• Before the Birth
• During Birth
• After the Birth (immediate postpartum and long term healing)
• Farewell Celebrations to link into immediate funeral/burial/cremation information that is not based on location, as well as personalized farewell options such as crafts or special events, and support resources.

Groups:

• MEND
• The SBD Love Cupboards host various group gatherings, including Sewing Circles
• The SBD Professional Doulas host various group gatherings, including Birthing Healing retreats and workshops for stillbirthday parents

Organizations:

• IRIS Groups and additional services
• Minnesota SID Center
  Ms. Kathleen Fernbach
  Director
  Children’s Hospitals & Clinics
  2525 Chicago Avenue South
  Minneapolis, MN 55404
  Phone: 800-732-3812
  Fax: (612) 813-7344
  Email:kathleen.fernbach@childrensmn.org
  Website:www.childrenshc.org/sidcenter
• STOP-SIDS Minnesota
  Mrs. Trish LaVictoire
  President
  2873 Upper 138th Street
  Rosemont, MN 55068
  Phone: (651) 423-6297
  Fax: (651) 310-2106
  Email:tllavictoire@carlson.com
• Bittersweet
  Ms. Barb Schaack
  2308 Skyline Drive
  Bloomington, MN 55442
  Phone: (952) 854-1997
  Email:barbschaack@yahoo.com
• A Place to Remember
  Mr. Calvin DeRuyter
  1885 University Ave West, #110
  St Paul, MN 55104
  Phone: (651) 645-7045/ 800-631-0973
  Fax: (651) 645-4780
  Email:tn@aplacetoremember.com
  Website:www.aplacetoremember.com 
• GRACE Support Groups are facilitated by and made available for individuals and couples who have journeyed through infant and pregnancy loss, infertility and adoption.  Missing GRACE Foundation Local Support Groups:
  Website:www.MissingGRACE.org.com
• Rogers GRACE Support Group (Formerly the Maple Grove Group) Dates: The second and fourth Tuesdays of each month Meets from: 6:30pm to 8:30pm Location: NOW MEETING IN ROGERS! NEW LOCATION! 21370 John Milless Drive Rogers, MN Facilitators: Candy and Stephen McVicar *MGF provides childcare during the meetings. A free will donation towards the childcare fee is appreciated but not required.** Please email or call Candy at 763-497-0709 for details and let us know when you plan to attend one of our meetings and if you need the childcare.  In the support group we have topic led discussions on subjects including: differences in male/female grieving, relationships with friends and family through the grieving journey, coping with holidays/anniversary dates, health issues/concerns, subsequent pregnancy fears, and other related topics.On occasion the group will do an activity that is helpful for the grieving process. (Scrap booking, crafts, video, having a guest speaker, candle light memorial service, etc.)
• Coon Rapids GRACE Support Group dates: The first Monday of every month Meets from: 6:30 to 8:30pm Location: Faith Lutheran Church 11115 Hanson Blvd. Coon Rapids, MN 55443 (Room assignment varies, please check posted sign at the door) ***We ask that you call ahead if you plan to attend so we know to expect you and can plan accordingly. Candy McVicar 763-497-0709 Facilitators: Candy McVicar and Kara Foner, RN
  For more information about the Coon Rapids group contact: Mercy-Unity Hospital 763-757-4452 Or Missing GRACE Foundation Candy McVicar, Founder and Executive director, 763-497-0709.
• Bradshaw Grief Resource Center Support Groups
  Website:www.bradshawfuneral.com
  Several support groups offered through Bradshaw Grief Resource Center.

• The International Society for the Study of Trauma & Dissociation has an emphasis on therapist guided psychotherapy and a resource list to locate one near you.

Books, Websites and More:

Please be sure to visit the immediate emotional health resources that include crisis hotlines, websites, and books on bereavement.

To add your listing, please submit your information and it will be added to the site.  This website does not endorse (nor is it liable to) any individual or business, and contracts and arrangements will be made on an individual basis.

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Please also visit:

• Before the Birth
• During Birth
• After the Birth (immediate postpartum and long term healing)
• Farewell Celebrations to link into immediate funeral/burial/cremation information that is not based on location, as well as personalized farewell options such as crafts or special events, and support resources.

Groups:

• MEND
• The SBD Love Cupboards host various group gatherings, including Sewing Circles
• The SBD Professional Doulas host various group gatherings, including Birthing Healing retreats and workshops for stillbirthday parents

Organizations:

• Families Against SIDS Tragedies
  Mr. Mark Titus
  34160 Little Mack
  Clinton Township, MI 48035
  Phone: (586) 790-2602
  Fax: (586) 792-1858
  Email:mttoothguy@comcast.net
• Tomorrow’s Child/Michigan SIDS
  Ms. Sandra Frank
  Executive Director
  112 E. Allegan
  Lansing, MI 48906
  Phone: (517) 485-7437
  Fax: (517) 485-0163
  Email:info@tomorrowschildmi.org
• Michigan Department of Community Health
  Ms. Cheryl Lauber
  Program Coordinator
  201 Townsend Street
  Lansing, MI 489913
  Phone: (517)335-3740

• The International Society for the Study of Trauma & Dissociation has an emphasis on therapist guided psychotherapy and a resource list to locate one near you.

Books, Websites and More:

Please be sure to visit the immediate emotional health resources that include crisis hotlines, websites, and books on bereavement.

To add your listing, please submit your information and it will be added to the site.  This website does not endorse (nor is it liable to) any individual or business, and contracts and arrangements will be made on an individual basis.

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Please also visit:

• Before the Birth
• During Birth
• After the Birth (immediate postpartum and long term healing)
• Farewell Celebrations to link into immediate funeral/burial/cremation information that is not based on location, as well as personalized farewell options such as crafts or special events, and support resources.

Groups:

• MEND
• The SBD Love Cupboards host various group gatherings, including Sewing Circles
• The SBD Professional Doulas host various group gatherings, including Birthing Healing retreats and workshops for stillbirthday parents

Organizations:

• Massachusetts Center for SIDS
  Ms. Mary McClain, Project Coordinator
  One Boston Medical Center Place
  Boston, MA 02118
  Phone: (617) 414-7437
  Fax: (617) 414-5555
  Email:mary.mcclain@bmc.org
• Hospice of the Good Shepherd
  April Ely
  Hospice Bereavement Coordinator
  2042 Beacon Street
  Newton, MA 02468
  Phone: (617) 969-6130
  Services: Several bereavement groups for adults and for children include groups for the loss of a spouse or parent; loss of a child or adult child; loss of an adult sibling; a children’s grief group exploring grief through art, writing, storytelling and talking with peers. Groups meet at various times.
• Milford Regional Medical Center
  Women’s Pavilion Conference Room, fourth floor
  Phone: (508) 422-2273
  Services: Families who have experienced the loss of a baby through miscarriage or fetal death meets the second Thursday of the month from 7 to 8:30 p.m.

• The International Society for the Study of Trauma & Dissociation has an emphasis on therapist guided psychotherapy and a resource list to locate one near you.

Books, Websites and More:

Please be sure to visit the immediate emotional health resources that include crisis hotlines, websites, and books on bereavement.

To add your listing, please submit your information and it will be added to the site.  This website does not endorse (nor is it liable to) any individual or business, and contracts and arrangements will be made on an individual basis.

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Please also visit:

• Before the Birth
• During Birth
• After the Birth (immediate postpartum and long term healing)
• Farewell Celebrations to link into immediate funeral/burial/cremation information that is not based on location, as well as personalized farewell options such as crafts or special events, and support resources.

Groups:

• MEND
• The SBD Love Cupboards host various group gatherings, including Sewing Circles
• The SBD Professional Doulas host various group gatherings, including Birthing Healing retreats and workshops for stillbirthday parents
• Face 2 Face , Hagerstown: contact Stephanie facesofloss@Hotmail.com

Organizations:

• Baltimore Metro Area:
• Center for Infant and Child Loss
  Ms. Latoya Bates
  737 W. Lombard Street, Rm 226
  Baltimore, MD 21201-1585
  Phone: (410)-706-5089 or 800-808-7437
  Fax: (410) 706-0146
  Email:jedwards@peds.umaryland.edu
  Website:www.infantandchildloss.org
  Services: Grief intervention for SIDS. Covers the state of Maryland
• Greater Baltimore Medical Center (GBMC)
  Nancy Campbell or Deborah Johnson
  6569 North Charles Street
  Towson, MD 21204
  Phone: (443) 849-2308
  Phone: (443) 849-2079
  Services: Group meets on the 2nd Thursday of each month from 6:30pm-8:00pm. Please call to confirm location and time.
• Harbor Hospital
  3001 South Hanover Street
  Baltimore, MD 21225
  Amy Foy, Nursing Recruiter/Support Group Volunteer
  Phone:(410) 350-2080
  Services: Group meets every 2nd Tuesday of the month from 7:00pm –
  8:30pm at The Life Resource Center in the library (across the
  street from Harbor Hospital, Room A)
• Holy Cross Hospital
  Cubbi Lahood
  1500 Forest Glen Road
  Silver Spring, MD 20910
  Maryland MIS Support Group
  Phone: (301) 681-5784
  Services: Group meets on the 1st of each month at 7:30 pm
• Mercy Medical Center (Mercy Cares Program)
  Kathleen Wagner
  301 Saint Paul Place
  Baltimore, MD 21201
  Phone: (410) 332-9326
  Services: Group only open to mothers who gave birth at Mercy.
• Saint Joseph’s Hospital
  7601 Osler Drive
  Towson, MD 21204
  Phone:(410) 337-1109
  Services: Group meets 1st Monday of each month at 7:00pm in the
  Pastoral/Spiritual Care Department Conference room. Call to register (open to all).
• Sinai Hospital
  2401 West Belvedere Avenue
  Baltimore, MD 21215
  Phone:(410) 601-5192
  Services: Group held on the 1st Wednesday of each month at 7:00pm in the Weinberg building, Suite 105.
• Upper Chesapeake Medical Center
  500 Upper Chesapeake Drive
  Bel Air, MD 21014
  Phone:(800) 515-0044
  Services: Perinatal Bereavement Support Group – Miscarriage, stillbirth, and infant death. Group held on the 1st Wednesday of each
  month at 7:00pm in the Bel Air Room.
• University of Maryland Medical Systems
  Christine Shippen
  Phone: (410) 328-0914
  Services: For phone support or referrals.
• Annapolis Area:
• Hospice of Prince George’s County
  11700 Beltsville Drive, Suite 100
  Beltsville, MD 20705
  Phone: (301) 572-2489
  Services: Hospice offers bereavement support services for a variety of need and concerns, including grief support groups.
• Riva Trace Baptist Church
  Anne O’Sullivan
  2990 Riva Trace Parkway
  Annapolis, MD 21407
  Phone: (410) 863-8391.
  Services: Group held 1st Monday of each month from 7:00pm – 8:30pm.
• Treasures
  Hospice of Frederick County
  516 Trail Ave, Suite C
  Frederick, MD 21701
  Phone: (240) 566-3030
  Email:lkinna@fmh.org
  Email: dwatterson@fmh.org
  Services: Six-week support for anyone who has experienced the death of a child through miscarriage, stillbirth, SIDS or any type of infant death, will meet Wednesdays.

• The International Society for the Study of Trauma & Dissociation has an emphasis on therapist guided psychotherapy and a resource list to locate one near you.

Books, Websites and More:

Please be sure to visit the immediate emotional health resources that include crisis hotlines, websites, and books on bereavement.

To add your listing, please submit your information and it will be added to the site.  This website does not endorse (nor is it liable to) any individual or business, and contracts and arrangements will be made on an individual basis.

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Please also visit:

• Before the Birth
• During Birth
• After the Birth (immediate postpartum and long term healing)
• Farewell Celebrations to link into immediate funeral/burial/cremation information that is not based on location, as well as personalized farewell options such as crafts or special events, and support resources.

Groups:

• MEND
• The SBD Love Cupboards host various group gatherings, including Sewing Circles
• The SBD Professional Doulas host various group gatherings, including Birthing Healing retreats and workshops for stillbirthday parents

Organizations:

• Maine SIDS Foundation
  Mr. Roy Bagley
  14 Charlonate Drive
  Gray, ME 04039
  Phone: (207)781-8550
  Fax: (207) 657-3737
  Email:roybagley@yahoo.com
• Maine Public Health Nursing
  Mr. Dwight Littlefield
  Program Coordinator
  Dept. of Human Services
  200 Main Street
  Lewiston, ME 04240
  Phone: (207) 287-9025
  Fax: (207) 795-4536
  Email:dwight.littlefield@maine.gov

• The International Society for the Study of Trauma & Dissociation has an emphasis on therapist guided psychotherapy and a resource list to locate one near you.

Books, Websites and More:

Please be sure to visit the immediate emotional health resources that include crisis hotlines, websites, and books on bereavement.

To add your listing, please submit your information and it will be added to the site.  This website does not endorse (nor is it liable to) any individual or business, and contracts and arrangements will be made on an individual basis.

(go back)

Please also visit:

• Before the Birth
• During Birth
• After the Birth (immediate postpartum and long term healing)
• Farewell Celebrations to link into immediate funeral/burial/cremation information that is not based on location, as well as personalized farewell options such as crafts or special events, and support resources.

Groups:

• MEND
• The SBD Love Cupboards host various group gatherings, including Sewing Circles
• The SBD Professional Doulas host various group gatherings, including Birthing Healing retreats and workshops for stillbirthday parents

Organizations:

• SIDS Support and Awareness Network of Louisiana
  Mrs. Elizabeth Trahan
  Peer Contact
  676 Maraist Road
  Crowley, LA 70526
  Phone: (337) 788-3767
  Fax: (504) 578-6605
  Email:LASIDS@aol.com
• The Compassionate Friends
  Ms. Denise Pezant
  Lakeview New Orleans Chapter
  4620 Lake Vista Drive
  Metairie, LA 7006
  Phone:(504) 454-5078
  Email:denisepezant@cox.net
  Services: To assist families towards the positive resolutions of grief following the death of a child of any age to provide information to help others be supportive.
• Louisiana Office of Public Health
  Ms. Tracy Hubbard
  SIDS Risk Reduction Coordinator
  628 N. 4th Street
  P.O. Box 3214
  Baton Rouge, LA 70821
  Phone: (225) 342-7805
  Fax: (225) 342-2256
  Email: thubbard@dhh.la.gov

• The International Society for the Study of Trauma & Dissociation has an emphasis on therapist guided psychotherapy and a resource list to locate one near you.

Books, Websites and More:

Please be sure to visit the immediate emotional health resources that include crisis hotlines, websites, and books on bereavement.

To add your listing, please submit your information and it will be added to the site.  This website does not endorse (nor is it liable to) any individual or business, and contracts and arrangements will be made on an individual basis.

(go back)

Please also visit:

• Before the Birth
• During Birth
• After the Birth (immediate postpartum and long term healing)
• Farewell Celebrations to link into immediate funeral/burial/cremation information that is not based on location, as well as personalized farewell options such as crafts or special events, and support resources.

Groups:

• MEND
• The SBD Love Cupboards host various group gatherings, including Sewing Circles
• The SBD Professional Doulas host various group gatherings, including Birthing Healing retreats and workshops for stillbirthday parents

Organizations:

• SIDS/Other Infant Death Network of KY
  Ms. Robin Richardson
  P.O. Box 186
  Caneyville, KY 42721
  Phone: 1-800-928-7437
  Phone(270) 879-8008
• Department of Public Health
  Adult and Child Health Division
  Ms. Jennifer Land-Hulsey, Child Fatality/Injury Prevention Coordinator
  275 East Main Street, MS SHS2WC
  Frankfort, KY 40621
  Phone: (502) 564-3236 X 3857
  Fax: (502) 564-8389
  Email:jenniferl.hulsey@ky.gov
• The Compassionate Friends of Frankfort KY
  Ms. Karen Cantrell
  P.O. Box 4075
  Frankfort, KY 40604
  Phone: (502) 320-6438
  Email:Cantrell-Karen821285@yahoo.com
  Services: Infant loss, miscarriage and stillbirth

• The International Society for the Study of Trauma & Dissociation has an emphasis on therapist guided psychotherapy and a resource list to locate one near you.

Books, Websites and More:

Please be sure to visit the immediate emotional health resources that include crisis hotlines, websites, and books on bereavement.

To add your listing, please submit your information and it will be added to the site.  This website does not endorse (nor is it liable to) any individual or business, and contracts and arrangements will be made on an individual basis.

(go back)

Please also visit:

• Before the Birth
• During Birth
• After the Birth (immediate postpartum and long term healing)
• Farewell Celebrations to link into immediate funeral/burial/cremation information that is not based on location, as well as personalized farewell options such as crafts or special events, and support resources.

Groups:

• MEND
• The SBD Love Cupboards host various group gatherings, including Sewing Circles
• The SBD Professional Doulas host various group gatherings, including Birthing Healing retreats and workshops for stillbirthday parents

Organizations:

• Kansas Dept. of Health Environment
  Bureau of Family Health
  Ms. Linda Kenney, Director
  1000 SW Jackson Street, Suite 220
  Topeka, KS 66612-1274
  Phone: (785) 296-1310
  Fax: (785) 296-6553
  Email:lkenney@kdhe.state.ks.us
  Website: www.kdhe.state.ks.us/c-f/healthy.html
  Services: Refers to SIDS Network of Kansas
• SIDS Network of Kansas, Inc
  Mrs. Christy Schunn
  Executive Director
  1148 S. Hillside, Suite 10
  Wichita, KS 67211
  Phone: (316 682-1301
  Fax: (316) 682-1274
  Email:sidsks@aol.com
  Website:www.sidsnetworkofkansas.org
  Services: psychosocial assessment & ongoing grief counseling by licensed soc. worker, monthly support groups, bereavement newsletter, special day cards and 2 annual memorial services, stillbirth & miscarriage services, bilingual services & materials, and serves state of KS except Doriphon, Leavenworth, Atchison, Wyandotte, & Johnson Counties.

Services:

• Individual and Marriage Counseling – fredmayfield@comcast.net
• Michelle Salzman BSN, LSCSW has a nursing background and offers Grief Counseling (Individual, Marriage, Family) –  michellesalzman1980@gmail.com

• The International Society for the Study of Trauma & Dissociation has an emphasis on therapist guided psychotherapy and a resource list to locate one near you.

Books, Websites and More:

Please be sure to visit the immediate emotional health resources that include crisis hotlines, websites, and books on bereavement.

To add your listing, please submit your information and it will be added to the site.  This website does not endorse (nor is it liable to) any individual or business, and contracts and arrangements will be made on an individual basis.

(go back)

Please also visit:

• Before the Birth
• During Birth
• After the Birth (immediate postpartum and long term healing)
• Farewell Celebrations to link into immediate funeral/burial/cremation information that is not based on location, as well as personalized farewell options such as crafts or special events, and support resources.

Groups:

• MEND
• The SBD Love Cupboards host various group gatherings, including Sewing Circles
• The SBD Professional Doulas host various group gatherings, including Birthing Healing retreats and workshops for stillbirthday parents

Organizations:

• Iowa SIDS Alliance
  Ms. Patty Keeley
  Executive Director
  406 SW School St., Ste. 205
  Ankeny, IA 50023
  Phone: (515) 279-6928
  866-480-4741(toll free)
  Fax: (515) 965-7655
  Email:info@iowasids.org
  Services: Bereavement support for SIDS and SUID
• Iowa Department of Public Health
  Center for Congenital & Inherited Disorders
  Ms. Kimberly Noble Piper
  Coordinator
  321 East 12th Street
  Des Moines, IA 50319
  Phone: (515) 281-6466
  Fax: (515) 242-6013
  Email:kipper@idph.state.ia.us

• The International Society for the Study of Trauma & Dissociation has an emphasis on therapist guided psychotherapy and a resource list to locate one near you.

Books, Websites and More:

Please be sure to visit the immediate emotional health resources that include crisis hotlines, websites, and books on bereavement.

To add your listing, please submit your information and it will be added to the site.  This website does not endorse (nor is it liable to) any individual or business, and contracts and arrangements will be made on an individual basis.