Bereavement Support Groups
Local and Regional Bereavement Resources
Aiding Mothers and Fathers Experiencing Neonatal Death (AMEND)
Offers free counseling services to parents who have experienced the loss of an infant through miscarriage, stillbirth, or neonatal death. www.amendgroup.com
314-487-7582
Baystate Visiting Nurse Association and Hospice Contact the Hospice Bereavement Coordinator louisa.sapienza@bhs.org 413-794-6411
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Baystate Behavioral Health
For information and referrals for outpatient services such as individual, family, and group therapy 413-794-5555
Compassionate Friends
For families who have experienced the loss of a child www.compassionatefriends.org 413-323-8593 or 527-8316
National toll-free hotline: 877-969-0010
Massachusetts SIDS Center
Infant and Child Death Bereavement Program
800-641-7437
The Garden: A Center for Grieving Children and Teens
Support for teens and children; located in Northampton. www.garden-cgc.org
SHARE Support Group for Families
For families who have experienced a stillbirth, miscarriage, or neonatal loss. 2nd Wednesday of each month, 7:30 pm
3300 Main Street, Springfield, MA 413-562-1731
Social Services, Baystate Health
For support locating bereavement resources
413-794-3264
Spiritual Services, Baystate Health
413-794-2899
Baystate Health Link
Telephone health referrals and resources 413-794-2255
Springfield Department of Health & Human Services
Home visitation bereavement outreach for bereavement assistance following an infant loss, and for participation in our Fetal Mortality Review Program www.springfieldcityhall.com/healthservices413-787-6741
United Way of the Pioneer Valley Helpline 413-737-2691
www.uwpv.org 888-894-8144
A Parent Directory www.parentingdirectory.org/BaystatechildrensHospital.html
