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.
A.L.S. Association
Alzheimer's Association
American Association of Retired Persons
American Association of Suicidology
American Cancer Society
American Diabetes Association
American Foundation for AIDS Research
American Heart Association
American Hospice Foundation
American Kidney Fund
American Liver Foundation
American Lung Association
American Parkinson Disease Association, Inc.
American SIDS Institute
Association for Death Education and Counseling
Bereavement Services/RTS Gunderson Lutheran Medical Center
Candlelighters Childhood Cancer Foundation
The Compassionate Friends
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation
In Loving Memory
Habitat for Humanity International
Humane Society of the United States
I Have a Dream Foundation
International THEOS Foundation
The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society
The Living Bank Organ and Tissue Donation
Make a Wish Foundation of America
March of Dimes
Mothers Against Drunk Driving
Muscular Dystrophy Association
National AIDS Fund
National Catholic Ministry To the Bereaved
National Donor Family Council
Pregnancy and Infant Loss Center
Ray of Hope
Salvation Army National Headquarters
Scottish Rite Hospital
SHARE Pregnancy & Infant Loss
SIDS Alliance
St. Judes Childrens Research Hospital
United Cerebral Palsy Association
Tuck Sleep
Help for sleep problems after a death