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"The hardest part of losing a child is living everyday afterwards.

We hope to make it just a tiny bit easier."

Smile Again Ministries runs Whitetail Lodge, a retreat center in MN where grieving families can find support in their efforts to cope with the loss of a child, opened to the public.

Bringing hope and support to families after miscarriage and stillbirth. 
*They help cover hospital bills when you miscarry or have a stillborn baby.

IRIS offers parents, families, friends and professionals support, education and resources on the death of a child in early pregnancy (miscarriage, ectopic pregnancy etc.), or from premature birth, stillbirth, neo-natal death, birth defects, sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), illness and all other types of infant and early childhood death.

The Star Legacy Foundation increases awareness, supports research, promotes education, and encourages advocacy and family support regarding stillbirth, pregnancy loss, and neonatal death.

Faith’s Lodge supports bereaved parents and their families in a peaceful environment to reflect on the past, renew strength for the present and build hope for the future.

Fly High Foundation is dedicated to honoring infant angels by helping create lasting memories and providing appropriate emotional and financial support.

The Luca John Foundation helps families who have lost an infant child (12 months or younger), by alleviating their emotional and financial suffering through providing support and compassion as well as assistance with funeral/burial expenses. They help all over the US.

The Wings of Hope memorial site provides a common burial program to families in the Mankato area where remains of children miscarried up to 20 weeks gestation receive a dignified burial.

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Chasing the Rainbows is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization that provides free daily support groups, individual mentorships, and resources to individuals, couples and their families who are dealing with birth trauma, fertility loss, pregnancy loss and baby loss.

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We Saw the Light's mission is to walk alongside families in Minnesota who are faced with losing a loved one to suicide.

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One Bright Star is dedicated to helping families in need of their services, and to be a resource for grieving families after the death of a child.

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Bryce’s Blessings is a 501(c)(3) organization founded to provide lasting impact and financial support to bereaved families coping with the loss of a child, especially those dealing with ambiguous loss.

Help in Other States

Alabama

The Amelia Center provides professional counseling for children (age 5 and above) and teens grieving the death of a parent, grandparent, sibling, close relative, or friend.

Alaska

The Forget Me Not Grief Center of Alaska is a non-profit organization in Anchorage offering free community-based grief support, with a focus on children and teens.

Arizona

Billy’s Place is a community in the West Valley that provides comfort and companionship to kids and families experiencing grief—no matter where they are on their journey.

Arkansas

AngelPics was created to donate photo retouching to the parents and families of a stillborn or newborn who didn't make it home from the hospital.

UAMS Love Lives bereavement program supports families whose children have gone before them.

California

The mission of Forever Footprints is to ensure that families who have suffered a pregnancy or infant loss receive the best support, comfort, and resources possible. To do so, Forever Footprints provides families with direct services, educates the medical community to improve quality of care and response, and offers opportunities for remembrance to help families find their own path to healing.

GriefHaven is dedicated to providing grief support and education to those who have loved and lost, those who want to know how to support someone who is grieving, and professionals who work within the arena of death and dying.

Colorado

Angel Eyes helps Colorado families cope with the sudden, unexpected death of an infant or toddler, including SIDS, SUID, SUDC, miscarriage and stillbirth loss, while raising awareness and supporting research.

3Hopeful Hearts provides bereaved parents and families opportunities to honor, find hope, and seek healing through grief companionship.

Connecticut

At the Cove Center for Grieving Children, our mission is to provide hope and healing for grieving children/teens and their families, and training for the professionals who work with them.

Delaware

The TEARS Foundation seeks to compassionately lift a financial burden from families who have lost a child by providing funds to assist with the cost of burial or cremation services. We also offer parents comprehensive bereavement care in the form of grief support groups and peer companions.​

Florida

Valerie’s House is a special place where children connect with one another and learn the tools to heal after they have experienced the death of someone they love.

Georgia

Rachel's Gift provides support and guidance for caregivers and families enduring pregnancy and infant loss.

Hawaii

Let Grace In supports families after the death of a child for any reason, from the perinatal period through young adulthood.

Idaho

First Candle is committed to ending Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) and other sleep-related infant deaths while providing bereavement support to families who have experienced a loss.

Illinois

The mission of Willow House is to provide grief support and education for youth, families, schools and other communities grieving the death of a parent, sibling, or child.

M.E.N.D. is a Christian, non-profit organization that reaches out to families who have suffered the loss of a baby through miscarriage, stillbirth, or early infant death.

Iowa

Celebrate Angels. Unite Families. Build Birthing and Bereavement Suites.

Kansas

We provide comfort, hope, and healing to families grieving the loss of a baby in Heaven

Kentucky

Providing pregnancy and infant loss resources and support to Northern Kentucky and Greater Cincinnati.

Louisiana

Our goal at Aylee's Angels is to provide keepsakes and bereavement boxes to families that lose a child. Our purpose and passion is filling the arms of families that experience unimaginable loss.

Healing House brings help and hope to grieving children. Bad things, unexpected things happen everyday – when they happen to a child, the effects can be devastating. We exist to provide the support and understanding that’s often so desperately needed after the death of a loved one. Grieving families are always welcome here.

Maine

The Center for Grieving Children is a nonprofit organization that provides a safe space, loving peer support, outreach, and education to grieving children, teens, families and the community.

Maryland

Bringing Love Support and Unity to those affected by the loss of a baby.

Massachusetts

Empty Arms Bereavement Support serves individuals and families in Western Massachusetts whose babies have died through miscarriage, stillbirth, early infant death, or termination for medical reasons.

Michigan

Henry Ford SandCastles offers grief support to children, teens, and families who have experienced the death of a loved one.

​The Riley Katheryn Foundation is dedicated to increasing awareness of infant death as well as providing financial support relating to funeral and burial expenses to families whose baby has died. Must live in MI.

Mississippi

The McClean Center provides support and understanding in a safe and hopeful environment where children, teens, and their families grieving the death of a loved one can embrace their grief and move through the healing process toward peace.

Missouri

"The mission of Infant Loss Resources, Inc. is to promote safe practices which reduce the risk of infant death and to provide grief support for families who have lost babies."

Montana

Ramsey Keller Memorial is a licensed 501c3. At this time, because of community support, we are paying in full for infant funerals in the state of Montana.

Nebraska

Nebraska SIDS Foundation is a charitable organization dedicated to serving all individuals touched by the sudden, unexpected death of an infant.

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Our mission is to provide help to families who have experienced infertility or loss during pregnancy & infancy. We offer our services to Hastings and the surrounding areas.

Nevada

Jalen's Gift Foundation is dedicated to assisting families grieving from the devastating effects of infant loss. JGF wants to ease the process of loss by providing financial assistance, emotional support, informational resources on pregnancy and infant loss, and provide a memorial keepsake to the suffering families.

New Hampshire

To help children and families grieving a death navigate their path to a hopeful future.

New Jersey

Imagine provides free peer grief support year-round for as long as is needed in New Jersey.

New Mexico

Gerard's House is a safe place for grieving children, teens and families, where healing happens through acceptance and peer support.

New York

COPE is a nonprofit grief and healing organization dedicated to helping parents and families living with the loss of a child.

North Carolina

KinderMourn provides hope for bereaved parents, grieving children and teens by offering support and counseling programs, creating awareness of bereavement issues and empowering the community to effectively assist those who have suffered an unthinkable loss.

Be Not Afraid is able to help support loss parents from the point of perinatal death diagnosis through the first year after death. They do provide some financial support as well.

The Still Place offers rest, renewal, and re-creation to families experiencing serious life-altering illness of a child by incorporating nature, art, spirituality, and Southern Appalachian experiences to enhance resiliency, empowerment, self-determination, and hope.

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North Dakota

Max’s Mission is an outreach of the Catholic Diocese of Bismarck whose mission is to comfort those who have lost a child due to miscarriage, stillbirth, or infant loss.

Ohio

Cornerstone of Hope is a nonprofit Comprehensive Bereavement Support Center serving children, teens, and adults who have experienced the death of a loved one.

Alive Alone is an organization for the education and charitable purposes to benefit bereaved parents, whose only child or all children are deceased, by providing a self-help network and publications to promote communication and healing, to assist in resolving their grief, and a means to reinvest their lives for a positive future.

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Our ministry exists to serve parents who have lost a baby, whether the baby was lost by miscarriage, stillbirth, infant death, or ectopic pregnancy. It does not matter the gestational stage or age of your baby when they died. We are here to offer support, comfort, and memory making materials.

Oklahoma

Calm Waters helps children and families in their grief journey caused by death, divorce, or other significant loss.

Oregon

At Dougy Center, we create safe spaces and free resources for children and families who are grieving. Our pioneering peer grief support model, professional training, and world-renowned programs and advocacy bring hope and healing around the world.

Pennsylvania

The death of a loved one is devastating to a child. The impact can be overwhelming and the children and family often need support. The Highmark Caring Place can provide that support through its various programs.

Rhode Island

Established in 1981, The Samaritans’ Safe Place is RI’s original and only continuously operating bereavement support group for adults grieving the loss of a loved one to suicide.

South Carolina

Since 2002, Judi’s House has provided grieving children and families a safe space to come together to find connection and healing.

South Dakota

Lach's Legacy is a non-profit organization that is dedicated to the fight against SIDS (and other sleep-related infant deaths) in South Dakota.

Tennessee

To provide a safe shelter for grieving moms.

Texas

Bo's Place is a non-profit, free-of-charge bereavement center, Bo’s Place offers multiple grief support services for adults, children and families, and provides education and resources for those who assist people in grief.

The mission of The WARM Place is to provide

year-round grief support services to children ages three and a half to 18 and their families, as well as young adults ages 19 to 25 who have experienced the death of a mother, father, sister, brother, or other loved one.

Our mission is to provide a space of healing and peace for parents who are grieving the death of their child.

Utah

The Sharing Place provides a safe and caring environment for grieving children, teens, and their families to share their feelings while healing themselves.

Vermont

Empty Arms Vermont serves individuals and families whose babies have died through miscarriage, stillbirth, early infant death, or termination for medical reasons. 

Virginia

The Sadie Rose Foundation is an official non-profit 501(c)3 organization offering support to families and individuals who have experienced the death of a loved one.

Washington

Raise for Rowyn provides financial assistance and emotional support to families struggling with the loss of a child since 2014.

West Virginia

The purpose of WV Caring Camp is to strengthen and support each family member, as a collective, and help families move forward after a loss.

Wyoming

The Sweet Grace Ministries provide support to those who have endured miscarriage, ectopic pregnancy, stillbirth or neonatal death.

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