Children’s Mercy Family Friends
Penn Park Medical Building, Suite 105
2928 Main
Kansas City, MO 64108
816.234.3676

The Family Friends program provides group support and resources to grandparents who are parenting grandchildren. The program was created to empower grandparents and relatives to help themselves and others improve the quality of their lives and those of the children they care for.

Compassionate Friends—Kansas City Chapter
1080 Washington St.
Kansas City, MO 64105-2216
816.531.6464

Compassionate Friends, Inc., is a national nonprofit, self-help support organization that offers friendship and understanding to bereaved parents, grandparents and siblings. There is no religious affiliation and there are no membership dues or fees. Contact the Kansas City Chapter for dates and times for the support groups or for more information.

House of Menuha
801 East 77th Street
Kansas City, Missouri 64131
E-mail: information@menuha.org
816.444.2434
www.menuha.org

House of Menuha provides a nurturing environment for women to experience personal rest, reflection and renewal of mind, body and spirit, so that each is strengthened and better equipped to enrich family and community.

Kansas City Hospice
1625 W. 92nd St.
Kansas City, MO 64114
816.363.2600
www.kansascityhospice.org

Kansas City Hospice provides medical, emotional and spiritual support to Kansas City area residents facing a life-limiting illness and their families. In addition to hospice care, services include grief counseling and education, memorial services and support groups. Kansas City Hospice also provides Camp Carousel, a special weekend camp usually held in the fall, which provides a supportive, fun environment for grieving families with children ages six to sixteen.

Rolling Acres – Memorial Gardens for Pets
12200 N. Crooked Road, P.O. Box 12073, Kansas City, MO 64152
816.891.8888
www.visitrollingacres.com

Rolling Acres Memorial Gardens for Pets has been in business since October 1973. They offer cemetery, crematorium and mortuary services to pets, and virtually every service that is commonly provided for humans. Their service is designed to professionalize the after-death care of pets, while providing warmth, caring, and understanding.

SHARE Infant Loss Support Services
816.322.2944

SHARE provides support groups and services for parents who have lost an infant child due to miscarriage, stillbirth, SIDS or infant death. Contact SHARE’s Kansas City line for dates and times for the support groups in this area.

Center for Loss and Life Transition
3735 Broken Bow Road
Fort Collins, CO 80526
970/ 226-6050
www.centerforloss.com

Founded in 1983 by Dr. Alan Wolfelt, the Center for Loss and Life Transition is a private organization dedicated to furthering our understanding of -and compassion for- the complex set of emotions we call grief. Its mission is to help both the bereaved, by walking with them in their unique life journeys, and bereavement caregivers, by serving as their educational liaison and professional forum.

Compassionate Friends Inc.
National Headquarters
P.O. Box 3696
Oak Brook, IL 60522-3696
Toll Free: 877.969.0010
www.compassionatefriends.org

Compassionate Friends, Inc., is a national nonprofit, self-help support organization that offers friendship and understanding to bereaved parents, grandparents and siblings. There is no religious affiliation and there are no membership dues or fees. Local chapters of Compassionate Friends exist throughout the world.

The Dougy Center
P.O. Box 86852
Portland, Oregon 97286
503.775.5683
Email: help@dougy.org
www.dougy.org

The Dougy Center, based in Portland Oregon, provides loving support in a safe place where children, teens and their families grieving a death can share their experiences as they move through their healing process. Its National Center for Grieving Children and Families also provides support and training locally, nationally and internationally to individuals and organizations seeking to assist children in grief. Solace House programs are based on the Dougy Center model.

M.I.S.S. Foundation
P.O. Box 5333
Peoria, Arizona 85385
Web site: www.misschildren.org

The M.I.S.S. Foundation is a nonprofit, 501(c)3, international organization which provides immediate and ongoing support to grieving families, empowerment through community volunteerism opportunities, public policy and legislative education, and programs to reduce infant and toddler death through research and education.

National Sudden Infant Death Syndrome Resource Center
2070 Chain Bridge Road, Suite 450
Vienna, VA 22182
Toll Free: 866.866.7437
E-mail: sids@circlesolutions.com
Web site: www.sidscenter.org

The National Sudden Infant Death Syndrome Resource Center (NSRC) provides information services and technical assistance on sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) and related topics. Their goal is to promote understanding of SIDS and provide comfort to those affected by SIDS through information sharing.

National SHARE Office
St. Joseph Health Center
300 First Capitol Drive
St. Charles, Missouri 63301-2893
Toll Free: 800.821.6819
Email: share@nationalshareoffice.com
www.nationalshareoffice.com

SHARE is a not-for-profit nondenominational organization providing support to those whose lives are touched by the tragic death of a baby through early pregnancy loss, stillbirth or newborn death.

Rainbows
2100 Golf Rd., # 370
Rolling Meadows, IL 60008
Phone: 800.266.3206
www.rainbows.org

Rainbows is an international, not-for-profit organization that fosters emotional healing among children grieving a loss from a life-altering crisis. The Rainbows program helps adults understand how children perceive loss and how to help them get beyond it with a unique approach of play-based activities.

Teen Age Grief, Inc.
P.O. Box 220034
Newhall, CA 91322-0034
www.smartlink.net/~tag/

Teen Age Grief, Inc., creates and distributes bereavement guidance programs which are a proven avenue of healthier coping for children and teens. The "TAG" curriculums and activity resources are implemented by hundreds of trained leaders and facilitators, locally and internationally, serving groups and individuals in education, health care, social service, community, law enforcement, mortuary, and spiritual settings.