If you're here because you or someone you love has lost a child, we are so deeply sorry.
There are no words that make this better. There is no resource that fills the hole that's been left. We know that, because we've been there too.
Here are some ways The Atlas Project can support you, and other resources for grieving the loss of a child.
Financial Support
The Atlas Project provides financial support to families navigating loss from SUDC, helping cover immediate expenses and easing the practical burden.
Grief Resources
We've gathered the most trusted organizations, and support groups for families navigating child loss and SUDC grief. You'll find them below.
Events
We host events to bring SUDC families together, raise awareness and funding, while remember our children.
Bereaved parents' resources
Support Services & Research
SUDC Foundation
The leading organization serving SUDC families worldwide. Offers free family support services, peer community, grief resources, and connections to research. This is a great website for any family seeking SUDC-specific help.
The Compassionate Friends
The leading organization serving SUDC families worldwide. Offers free family support services, peer community, grief resources, and connections to research. This is a great website for any family seeking SUDC-specific help.
Books on Grief & Child Loss
No Greater Pain
The pain of losing a child is only compounded by the crushing weight of knowing you have to live the rest of your life without them. In author Ronald Ross' debut, No Greater Pain, he speaks to parents everywhere who have suffered the devastating grief of losing a child.
It's Ok that You're Not OK
It's OK That You're Not OK by Megan Devine is a book that reframes grief not as a problem to be solved, but as an experience to be lived alongside, offering a new approach to loss that challenges cultural pressure to "get over it"
Grieving Dads to the Brink & Back
Raw, honest stories from fathers who have lost a child, aiming to combat the isolation they often feel. The book offers insight from fellow members of, in the haunting words of one dad, “this terrible, terrible club,” which consists of men who have experienced the death of a child.
Parent, Sibling, and Child Loss Support Groups & Programs
Henry Ford SandCastles
A preventive program to help children and teens learn to grieve and cope with their loss in a constructive, healthy way. Expressing thoughts and emotions in a supportive environment builds self-esteem in children and strengthens their ability to make positive life choices now and as adults.
MISS Foundation
Quick access to counseling resources, advocacy information, research on traumatic grief, education for healthcare providers and community members, and support services for those grieving the death, or impending death, of a child.
National Alliance for Children's Grief
If you are supporting a child who is grieving, we are here to connect you to resources and local support. The alliance is a national organization of professionals dedicated to supporting children and the networks and communities surrounding them.
Reach out to The Atlas Project for support
This foundation exists because we needed support during our time of loss. Whether you're in the middle of your grief or just looking for someone who understands — we want to hear from you.
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