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Support for Your Mental Health Journey: Find Resources Here

At the MSL Network, we are committed to guiding you through your mental health journey. Our comprehensive resources, including local support programs, print guides, and online tools, are designed to provide comfort and direction during challenging times. Whether you're seeking community assistance or educational materials, our network is here to support you every step of the way on your mental health journey.

You are not alone. Besides us, here are some resources that can help.

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Support Organizations & Programs

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Alabama

National Child Traumatic Stress Network

 

Arizona

Tu Nidito Children & Family Services (Tucson): Grief support groups and trauma counseling for children after death or serious illness en.wikipedia.org

Camp Erin Arizona (Tucson): Bereavement camp for children aged 6–17, trained peer support, arts & activities. Run through hospices.

Youth & Family Grief Support Programs via Banner Health (Phoenix region): Professional trauma‑informed groups and individual counseling.

 

Arizona

New Song Hospice for the Valley Center for Grief and Healing in Anchorage – child/teen support.

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Arkansas

Arkansas Hospice – children’s bereavement groups.

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California

The Elizabeth Hospice Children's Bereavement Center (San Diego): free peer groups & Camp Spero

 

Colerado

Judi’s House (Denver Metro): Peer-led support groups, therapeutic art activities for ages 3–18

Camp Erin Colorado: Weekend bereavement camp facilitated by trained staff; sibling and parental programming.

 

Connecticut

The Cove: At The Cove Center for Grieving Children, their mission is to provide hope and healing for grieving children, teens and their families, as well as training for the professionals who work with them. They provide family and school-based programs utilizing the peer support group concept for helping children, teens and families work through their unresolved grief due to the death of someone significant in their lives.

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Delaware

National Child Traumatic Stress Network

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Florida

Dougy Center available via multiple FL centers

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Georgia

Dougy Center available via multiple GA centers

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Hawaii

Camp Erin

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Idaho

Camp Erin Idaho (Kootenai County Hospice): Peer‑support bereavement camp.

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Illinois

Comfort Zone Camp (NJ model) also in IL—suicide bereavement

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Indiana

Local Compassionate Friends or AFSP groups.

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Iowa

Livin Foundation youth suicide grief support (Minnesota-based but regional)

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Kansas

Camp Erin locations via local hospices (e.g., Topeka/Sunflower Hospice)

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Kentucky

Camp Erin locations via local hospices 

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Louisiana

Camp Erin (New Orleans area)

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Maine

Camp Kita, Comfort Zone NJ group, and state hospice child grief services

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Maryland

Camp Erin (Baltimore area)

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Massachusetts

The Garden: The Garden provides support to grieving young people ages 5-18, and their families following the death of someone close, including parents, siblings, other family members, or friends. We have an on-site and virtual program for the whole family and support area schools with our outreach program. There are no limits on how, where, or when the death occurred.

The Children’s Room (south-eastern MA): Peer‑support groups and family nights for kids 3–18 after bereavement en.wikipedia.orgen.wikipedia.org+2magriefcenter.org+2rainbows.org+2

Care Dimensions (formerly Hospice of the South Shore): Grief counseling and workshops, including child‑focused groups magriefcenter.org

Good Grief Program: The Good Grief Program at Boston Medical Center provides therapeutic support to pediatric patients of BMC who have experienced an important loss such as the death of a significant person, divorce, or separation from a primary caregiver. After a loss, children need the support of caring adults to help them make sense of their loss, to support their grief, and to strengthen their strategies to cope. The Good Grief Program offers a steadying and supportive force for children who are grieving as they respond to their loss or losses.

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Michigan

Camp Erin

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Minnesota

Livin Foundation camps for youth suicide survivors

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Mississippi

Camp Erin

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Missouri

 

Camp Erin (St. Louis, Kansas City)

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Montana

Local hospice child grief services

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Nebraska

Camp Erin (Omaha).

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Nevada

Camp Erin (Las Vegas/Reno)

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New Hampshire

Camp Erin (Portsmouth)

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New Jersey

Comfort Zone Camp for suicide loss

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New Mexico

Camp Erin via hospices

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New York

Multiple Camp Erin sites

The Dougy Center affiliate in Rochester

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North Carolina

Camp Erin (Charlotte/SR area)

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North Dakota

Local hospice grief groups

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Ohio

Camp Erin (Cleveland, Columbus).

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Oklahoma

Camp Erin (Tulsa/Oklahoma City)

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Oregon

The Dougy Center (Portland) serving children after any death

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Pennsylvania

Camp Erin (Pittsburgh/Philadelphia).

 

Rhode Island

Rhode Island Grief & Trauma Specialty Team at Gateway & Bradley Hospital: Peer community support groups for children grieving traumatic losses ourmidland.combrownhealth.org

Friends Way: A nonprofit grief center focused on peer‑support groups for youth after sudden loss centerffs.org+15brownhealth.org+15magriefcenter.org+15

Camp Erin Rhode Island: Bereavement camp via local hospice affiliated

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South Carolina

Camp Erin (Columbia/Charleston)

 

South Dakota

Hospice child grief groups

 

Tennessee

Camp Erin (Nashville)

 

Texas

Bo’s Place (Houston): Free grief support groups in English/Spanish for children ages 3–18 who’ve lost a family member; trauma-trained facilitators

Lucine Center for Trauma & Grief (Dallas/Fort Worth): Free tele‑therapy and in‑person groups for children/adolescents after traumatic loss childrenscollaborative.us

Camp Erin Texas (multiple metro areas): Regional bereavement camping for youth survivors

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Utah

Camp Erin (Salt Lake City)

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Vermont

Camp Knock Knock

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Virginia

Camp Erin (Fredericksburg, Richmond)

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Washington

The Dougy Center exists in WA

Camp Erin in Seattle

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West Virginia

Hospice child grief support

Camp Erin via hospices

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Wisconsin

Camp Erin (Milwaukee, Madison)

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Wyoming

Local hospice grief groups

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Print Resources

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Speaking of Love: A Suicide Loss Survivor's Guide of Hope, Healing, And Love  - La Toya Bond

The Next Place – Warren Hanson

Where’s Jess?A Centering Corp Resource

Lifetimes: The Beautiful Way to Explain Death to Children – Bryan Mallonie and Robert Ingpen

Water Bugs and Dragonflies: Explaining Death to Young Children – Doris Stickney

 

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Video Resources

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Audio Resources

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Online Resources

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