Compassionate Friends – Supporting Family After A Child Dies

The Compassionate Friends, Inc., (TCF) is a national mutual assistance, self-help organization dedicated to assisting in the positive resolution of grief following the death of a child or sibling, supporting the efforts of families or individuals to achieve physical and emotional health, and providing information about parental and sibling grief to families, professionals, and the community. Established in 1969 and consisting of 600 chapters, TCF offers support to family members who have experienced the death of a child, including parents, grandparents, and siblings. The organization has support groups, a pen pal program for children who have lost siblings, and a large resource department that offers books, brochures, audiotapes, videotapes, and fact sheets.