Bereavement Counseling

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Programs that provide emotional support, problem-solving assistance, information and guidance for people who have recently lost a loved one. Included are counseling programs for widows and widowers, children who have lost a parent, parents who have lost a child and people who are in other similar situations. (AIRS RP-1400.8000-100)

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RI (4)

Statewide (1)

North Providence (1)

Providence (1)

Warwick (1)

Nationwide (2)

RI

Statewide

Camp Braveheart, HopeHealth

North Scituate, RI
Phone: 844-671-4673

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www.hopehealthco.org/campbraveheartregistrationri/

Organization Name: HopeHealth

Address: North Scituate, RI

Phone: 844-671-4673

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Email: Information@HopeHealthCo.org

URL: https://www.hopehealthco.org/campbraveheartregistrationri/

Eligibility: 4 to 17 children dealing with loss and grief

Services Provided: Campers take part in fun, traditional activities such as swimming, kayaking, archery, rock climbing, gardening and storytelling. Grief counselors lead discussions and opportunities to memorialize loved ones during art, music, theater and drum circle activities. The camp concludes with a butterfly release and a remembrance ceremony.

Provider Profiles: 2 day summer camp program for children dealing with loss and grief .

Original Source:	Rhode Island Dept of Health, Office of Special Needs
Last Updated:	7/22/2019

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North Providence, RI

Providence Chapter of the Compassionate Friends, The Compassionate Friends (TCF)

10 Dail Drive
North Providence, RI 02911
Phone: 401-231-9229

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www.tcfprovidence.com/

Organization Name: The Compassionate Friends (TCF)

Address: 10 Dail Drive
North Providence, RI 02911

Phone: 401-231-9229

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URL: http://www.tcfprovidence.com/

Services Provided: Monthly support group meetings
Quarterly newsletter
Resource library and literature on grieving
Annual Candle Lighting Ceremony the second Sunday in December
Remembrance Garden in downtown Providence

Provider Profiles: The Greater Providence Chapter of The Compassionate Friends (TCF), a national, nonprofit support organization that offers friendship, understanding, and hope to families who are grieving the death of a child of any age, from any cause.

The secret of TCF’s success is simple: As seasoned grievers reach out to the newly bereaved, energy that has been directed inward begins to flow outward and both are helped to heal. Our vision is that everyone who needs us will find us and everyone who finds us will be helped.

Original Source:	Rhode Island Suggest Provider Queue
Last Updated:	8/30/2018

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Providence, RI

Family Service of RI, Family Service of Rhode Island

134 Thurbers Avenue
Providence, RI 02905
Phone: 401-519-2280

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www.familyserviceri.org/programs

Organization Name: Family Service of Rhode Island

Address: 134 Thurbers Avenue
Providence, RI 02905

Phone: 401-519-2280

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URL: https://www.familyserviceri.org/programs

Languages Spoken: Spanish

Eligibility: Serving Residents of Providence, Central Falls, Pawtucket and Cranston. Eligibility requirements depends on the program, contact main number.

Services Provided: Services and Programs include:
Early Intervention-listed independently
Trauma Informed Treatment
Outpatient Counseling for adults, children and Families
School based Counseling in Providence Schools
Walking School Bus
Home visiting programs First Connections and Healthy Families Rhode Island(part of Healthy Families America) [https://www.familyserviceri.org/pre-natal-early-childhood-support]

Family Care Community Partnerships (FCCP) Serving families with children under age 18 (up to 21 in certain cases) at risk of involvement with the Department of Children, Youth and Families. Family Service of Rhode Island leads a six-agency partnership providing wraparound services to families in Central Falls, Cranston, Pawtucket and Providence. Family Service of Rhode Island is a member of the Washington Kent FCCP serving Washington and Kent Counties. To contact: (401) 789-3016.

Family Coaching and Visitation Center Providing coaching and supervised visitation for children and families who have suffered maltreatment. Families learn new relationship skills in the context of a home environment. Parent education groups and parent-child play groups are offered. Referrals through DCYF.

Provider Profiles: Family Service of Rhode Island is one of the oldest and largest non-profit human service agencies in Rhode Island.There are a number of locations and programs. See website for specific information.

Offices are located in Providence, with children's residential treatment facilities in Smithfield, North Smithfield, and East Providence.

Original Source:	Rhode Island Dept of Health, Office of Special Needs
Last Updated:	7/2/2019

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Warwick, RI

Friends Way, Friends Way

765 West Shore Road
Warwick, RI 02889
Phone: 401-921-0980

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www.friendsway.org/

Organization Name: Friends Way

Address: 765 West Shore Road
Warwick, RI 02889

Phone: 401-921-0980

Fax: 401-921-0587

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URL: http://www.friendsway.org/

Services Provided: FRIENDS WAY offers open-ended groups for children ages 3-18 and their families after the death of a loved one. The groups meet on alternating Monday's, Tuesday's and Wednesday's throughout the school calendar year. Families arrive at 6:30pm for dinner and group concludes around 8:15pm. There is no fee charged for participation in our programs. Prior to the arrival of the families, the facilitators meet with the clinician to discuss the new families (i.e. Who died? When? How? How is the family coping as a unit and individually) and review the group activities.

Provider Profiles: FRIENDS WAY (Families Reaching Into Each New Day) is the only family bereavement center in Rhode Island and serves families throughout Southeastern New England. FRIENDS WAY remains steadfast in our commitment of providing peer support to grieving families in a safe, nurturing environment and is staffed with mental health professionals and extensively trained volunteers from the community who assist children and their families through their grief with comfort and support from peers struggling with similar feelings of loss.

Original Source:	Rhode Island Dept of Health, Office of Special Needs
Last Updated:	12/7/2016

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Nationwide

First Candle Grief Line

New Canaan, CT 06840
Phone: 800-221-7437 xGrief

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firstcandle.org/

Address: New Canaan, CT 06840

Phone: 800-221-7437 xGrief

Toll Free Phone: 800-221-7437

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Email: info@cjfirstcandle.org

URL: https://firstcandle.org/

Eligibility: Open to all who have lost a baby

Services Provided: Provides 24 hour crisis counseling line for anyone who has lost a baby. Grief support for those who have suffered a loss due to Sudden Infant Death Syndrome and other sleep-related infant deaths and stillbirth.

Original Source:	Nationwide Suggest Providers Queue
Last Updated:	6/6/2019

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Grief Share

PO Box 1739
Wake Forest, NC 27588
Phone: 800-395-5755

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www.griefshare.org

Address: PO Box 1739
Wake Forest, NC 27588

Phone: 800-395-5755

Fax: 919-562-2114

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Email: info@griefshare.org

URL: http://www.griefshare.org

Eligibility: Anyone grieving the loss of a loved one.

Services Provided: A national group providing seminars and support groups led by people familiar with the grieving process. Provides daily email of encouragement. Sign-up available through website.

Original Source:	Nationwide Suggest Providers Queue
Last Updated:	7/2/2019

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