Pre-teen, Teen, and Adult Programs
Honestly I don’t know where we would be without this group. My family was lucky to get in very early and the 1st thought of 8 weeks sounded intense. We immediately liked the group and looked forward to the next chance to go back.Thank you all so very much for giving us all a place to rediscover we are not alone.
Free and unlimited programs
Each program has been designed to break down isolation and stigma, and equip individuals and families with healthy coping strategies and enhanced communication skills. This page lists our pre-teen, teen, and adult programs currently being offered.
Please don’t hesitate to let us know if you require accommodations such as interpretation, or, if there’s something we don’t currently offer that you would find helpful.
HOPE For the Holidays – Annual Holiday Family Day Event
The hustle and bustle of holidays can be especially challenging for people who are grieving. HOPE for the Holidays is an opportunity to carve out dedicated time and space to remember loved ones and to make new holiday memories, while honoring the old. This day camp is filled with festive music, crafts, and activities. Whole families and/or groups of friends sign up and participate together alongside other participants and volunteers. There are plenty keepsakes to take home and cherish. Join us in person, or register for a Take Home Kit. This event is for kids 3-18 with their family. This is a favorite annual event at our grief center for kids and grownups alike. If you are interested in volunteering for this event, or donating supplies, please email us.
REGISTRATION COMING SOON
Family Grief Support Group
Our 8-Session Support Groups are a great choice for families who are ready to dive a little deeper and make a bigger time and attendance commitment. In this curriculum-based program, the same families attend for all 8 sessions as they progress through a series of grief-related topics. Having the same people in your group fosters trust and comfort, thus promoting more significant progress and better outcomes. Youth and adults work with trained facilitators in separate age/developmentally-scaled small groups.
Register for one of our upcoming 8-week sessions which run:
August 20th – October 8th (Tuesdays) or our late fall group which runs October 28th – December 16th (Mondays)
6:30pm-approximately 7:45pm once per week for 8 weeks
Our center is located at 7811 Farnam Drive, Omaha, NE 68114
Adults Helping Adults (AHA)
Adults Helping Adults is a free in-person peer support grief group for adults who meet on a different night from the agency’s family support groups. Whether you’re 19 or 90, and regardless of how your special person(s) have died, we’d love to help you process and cope, create opportunity for connections, and hold space for all the feelings that come along with grief. It’s our privilege to walk alongside you. Grief is heavy and you truly don’t have to carry it alone. We hope to see you there.
When: 1st and 3rd Thursdays of each month
Where: in person at 7811 Farnam Drive, Omaha, NE 68114.
Join us for (optional) Social Hour 5:30-6:30
Group Runs: 6:30-8:00pm CST
Open to adults 19+
Suicide Loss Survivors Group
The Suicide Loss Survivors Group is a twice-monthly peer-based grief support group for adults who have experienced the pain of losing someone to suicide death. Whether you are grieving the loss of a family member, friend, coworker, or other relationship, and regardless of how much time has passed since their death by suicide, you are welcome to attend this group.
When: 2nd and 4th Wednesday of each month.
Time: 6:30-8pm CST
The Collective for Hope (admin building)
8000 Chicago Street, Omaha, NE 68114
Open to adults 19+
Tween/Teen Programming with Band of the Strong
Our special programming, in partnership with Band of the Strong is created for grieving youth aged 10-18 are incredible opportunities for youth to build a community with others their own age who just “get it.”
Events are hosted quarterly and incorporate things like fishing, hiking, photography, painting, writing, and even staying overnight at the Omaha Zoo in June!
Creative Nights are held during the school year.
Next up: Photography workshop AND Creative Nights start again in the Fall!
Open to kids age 10-18 who have had a significant person in their lives die.
HEALing Embrace Pregnancy & Infant Loss Support Group
This special program provides hope, healing, and support for individuals, couples, and families navigating pregnancy loss and/or infant death. This support group is open to those grieving a pregnancy loss or the death of an infant 1 year or younger and is offered twice per month in person. Attend either or both as it’s most helpful. No children’s programming is provided during this time and no childcare is available at in-person groups. Pre-registration is required. This group is open to moms, dads, and grandparents.
When: 2nd & 4th Thursdays of every month
Time: 6:30-8:00pm CST
Alternating online and in-person 7811 Farnam Drive, Omaha, NE, 68114
“Week after week, my daughter and I came back, and the support group was the best part of our week. I did my best to open up myself and my grief to the group, and in turn I felt myself growing. Over in the pre-teen group, my daughter was actually “having fun”. Let me say that again: My child had fun at a grief support group. She found a precious outlet to voice her grief and she met people her age who understood, and I’m so thankful for that. I have gained so much from this experience, and I think I understand now what moving forward looks like.”