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HAVE YOU LOST A CHILD TO SUDC?

RESOURCES

GRIEF

SUPPORT GROUPS:

The SUDC Foundation provides services at no cost due to the generosity of private donations and significant fundraising efforts. 

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The MISS Foundation, established in 1996 by Dr. Joanne Cacciatore, is an international 501(c)3, volunteer based organization providing C.A.R.E. [counseling, advocacy, research, and education] services to families experiencing the death of a child.

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GriefShare is a friendly, caring group of people who will walk alongside you through one of life’s most difficult experiences. You don’t have to go through the grieving process alone.

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The mission of The Compassionate Friends: When a child dies, at any age, the family suffers intense pain and may feel hopeless and isolated. The Compassionate Friends provides highly personal comfort, hope, and support to every family experiencing the death of a son or a daughter, a brother or a sister, or a grandchild, and helps others better assist the grieving family.

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GRIEVING DADS

To the Brink and Back

A collection of candid stories from grieving dads that were interviewed over a two-year period. The book offers insight from fellow members of, in the haunting words of one dad, “this terrible, terrible club,” which consists of men who have experienced the death of a child. This book is a collection of survival stories by men who have survived the worst possible loss and lived to tell the tale.

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Open to Hope Foundation® is a non-profit foundation with the mission of helping people find hope after loss. We invite you to read, listen and share your stories of hope and compassion.

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Pregnancy After Loss Support (PALS) is a community support resource for women experiencing the confusing and conflicting emotions of grief mixed with joy during the journey through pregnancy after loss. We seek to help expectant mothers celebrate their current pregnancy by choosing hope over fear while still nurturing and honoring the grief over the loss of their deceased child.

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INVESTIGATION

Find help at SUDC.org from completing death certificates to managing the autopsy and understanding reports.

SECURING&
BANKING

If available to you, SUDC encourages the banking of your child's DNA to provide you with options to pursue more information about your child's death.

SUDC
AND RESEARCH
COLLABORATIVE

The SUDC Registry and Research Collaborative will assist families and the medicolegal death investigation community when these tragedies occur. 

Learn more about SUDC through published research by the SUDC Foundation.

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