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This list of organizations has been compiled in the hope that it can
be a resource to anyone working through the process of grief.


Additional information, counseling and support may be available to your through your faith community, hospital or hospice.

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Grief Support Groups
 

Assistance with Grief  (Swedish Hospital)
501 East Hampden Avenue
Englewood, CO 80110
303-788-5677
www.swedishhospital.com
Support groups offering seven free evening sessions for parents grieving the death of a baby through miscarriage, stillbirth, or newborn death; also available is a subsequent pregnancy group called A NEW BEGINNING. Registration required.  Contact:  Natalie Wurzer

Agape Hospice Services
6401 South Syracuse Way, Suite 220
Greenwood Village, CO 80111
720-482-1988
Grief support available by calling Judith Wimpee.

Centura Health at Home
(Incorporating St. Anthony Hospice and Porter Hospice)
1391 Speer Boulevard - Suite 600
Denver, CO 80204
303-561-5000
www.centurahealthathome.org
Grief support groups; information and referrals; retreats; monthly community education programs open to the community.  Contact:  Andrea Helsel, Volunteer Coordinator

Compassionate Friends
303-281-8452 (24-hour hotline)
Email: 
dminfo@tcfcolorado.org
www.tcfcolorado.org 
Self-help group for parents and others who have experienced the death of a child. Support groups meet regularly.

The Denver Hospice
501 S. Cherry Street, Suite 700
Denver, CO 80246
303-321-2828-|
www.denverhospice.org
The Denver Hospice (formerly Hospice of Metro Denver) offers a variety of support groups to bereaved adults, adolescents and children.  Daytime and evening series available.

Evercare Hospice and Palliative Care
6455 S. Yosemite Street  6th Floor
Englewood, CO 80111
303-714-2400
Full bereavement program: one-on-one, groups, etc.

Exempla Lutheran Hospice

Collier Hospice Center
3210 Lutheran Parkway
Wheat Ridge, CO 80033
Exempla Hospice - 303-425-8000
www.exempla.org
Provides grief support groups following death loss; grief education series for adults. Daytime and evening series available to the community.  Dragonfly Program - grief support for young people.

Heartland Hospice Services
Bereavement Support Group
2655 W. Midway Blvd.  Suite 335
Broomfield, CO 80020
303-926-1001
Website
Provides individual and group support for members of the community who have experienced the death of a loved one. Daytime and evening groups available.

Hospice at Home (VNA)
Bereavement Group
390 Grant Street
Denver, CO 80203
303-698-2121
Provides community grief support to all ages.  Contact: Chaplain Robert Crump-Bertram.

Heartbeat/SPIN (Suicide Prevention Intervention Network)
7700 S./ Broadway 
Littleton, CO 80122
303-770-1859
bobandjanb@q.com
www.spinheartbeat.com
Contact Jan & Bob Burnside.
Meets in conference room #5 every second Thursday from 7-9pm at Littleton Adventist Hospital- 7700 S. Broadway  Littleton, CO 80122
West Denver Metro Chapter
303-755-2679
Meets at Lutheran Hospital on the first Tuesday of each month- 2nd floor cafeteria conference room from 7-9pm.  8300 W. 38th Avenue, Wheatridge, CO 80033  Contact: Katie Ford.

Hospice of St. John
1320 Everett Court
Lakewood, CO 80215
303-232-7900
www.hospiceofsaintjohn.org 
Provides a variety of support groups for bereavement. Groups are open to the community.

Judi’s House
1741 Gaylord Street
Denver, CO 80206
720-941-0331
www.judishouse.org
webinfo@gmail.com
Facilitated support groups for children ages 3 to 18 who have experienced the death of a loved one. Groups meet every other week for one to two hours. Parents and caretakers also have the option to meet in a facilitated support group to share feelings and receive ideas for helping their children.

Littleton Hospital Grief Support
7700 S. Broadway
Littleton, CO 80122
303-730-5884
Provides community grief support for adults. Group meets at United Methodist Church (5894 S. Datura Street, Littleton, CO 80120) at 7 PM. Call Lewis Root at 303-791-6287 for details.

Mothers Against Drunk Driving

6990 W. 38th Ave.
Suite 201
Wheat Ridge, CO 80033
303-425-5905
www.madd.org/co
Trained victim advocates, guidance through the judicial process, civil attorney referrals, support groups and memorial programs.

Mt. Evans Home House & Hospice
3081 Bergen Peak Drive
Evergreen, CO 80439
303-674-6400
www.mtevens.org
Provides individual and group support for those experiencing loss through death.

Namaste Hospice Care Group
1633 Fillmore Street  Suite 300
Denver, CO 80206
303-860-9915
namaste@hospice.org
Individual, family and group counseling as well as pastoral support, community memorial services, ritual development workshops, seasonally appropriate programming and intensive weekend retreats.

Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays
PO Box 18901
Denver, CO 80218
303-333-0286 
PFLAG office- 303-573-5861
AIDS family support group for those infected and affected. Contact Sara Winter- 303-388-1002.

Parents of Murdered Children and Other Survivors of Homicide Victims
Front Range Chapter
PO Box 375
Littleton, CO 80160-0375
303-798-2841 (Tom & Nancy Rasser)
www.pomc-denver.org
Monthly meetings in Denver for homicide survivors and/or parents of children who have been murdered and other victims of homicide.
Voices for Victims
Joe Cannata- 303-345-7301

Parents Without Partners
Front Range Chapter
303-430-4991
www.pwp.org
Support group for widowed, divorced, separated, or unmarried parents. Social and educational activities. Meets first Tuesday (at 6:30pm) at McDonald's at 599 W. 104th Avenue  Northglenn, CO  and on third Thursdays at McDonald's at 775 E. Hampden Avenue, Denver, CO.


Rainbows for All God’s Children, Inc.
2100 Golf Road  Suite 370
Rolling Meadows, IL  60008
1-800-266-3206  Jennifer Harris at ext. 18.
Weekly peer support for children/adolescents for single-parent families following divorce or parental death. Various metro Denver locations.  Please call the 800 number and Rainbows will find the closest group to where you are located.

Senior Hub
2360 West 90th Avenue
Federal Heights, CO 80260
303-426-0014
www.seniorhub.org
Senior Solutions provides information and assistance to bereavement support groups for senior citizens in Adams County. Other programs are available.

Society of Military Widows
Denver Metro Area
Chapter 22
303-745-5830
www.militarywidows.org
Monthly daytime meetings. Support and friendship group.

Solace (Exempla Lutheran Medical Center)
Women’s and Family Services
8300 West 38th Ave.
Wheat Ridge, CO 80033
303-425-2229
Support for parents grieving after a miscarriage, stillbirth or newborn death.

Sudden Infant Death Syndrome
Colorado SIDS Program
425 So. Cherry Street, Suite 890
Denver 80246-1235
303-320-7771
Outside Denver 1-888-285-7437
www.coloradosids.org
info@coloradosids.org
Provides information, education and family support for those who have suffered the death of a child by SIDS, including all sudden, unexplained infant deaths.  Contact Susan Backus.

VistaCare

1355 S. Colorado Blvd.  Suite C-120
Denver, CO 80222
303-639-9243
Ongoing group meets 2nd Tuesday of the month. Please call for information.

Widowed Persons Service of Denver
(AARP)
3006 E. Colfax Avenue
Denver, CO 80206
303-333-3482
Contact Eileen Doherty
www.senioranswers.org
WPS recognizes the need to provide information to seniors on a wide variety of topics.  Numerous helpful services are offered to all senior persons at no charge by trained volunteers.
 
 

 
 

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