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Grief is a deeply personal experience, and finding the right support can make a meaningful difference. Whether you’re navigating the loss of a loved one or seeking connection with others who understand, support groups can offer comfort, guidance, and a sense of community. Below, you’ll find a list of grief support groups in the areas we serve, including those that focus on general loss as well as those specifically for families who have lost a child or an adult. We hope these resources provide the support and understanding you need during this time.

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Greater Boise Area
Greater Miami Valley
Greater Portland Area
Greater Toledo Area

​Loss of an Adult

Grief Support Cloverdale Funeral Home

  • Free weekly support group facilitated by a licensed professional counselor. The group runs 9 weeks at a time.
  • For more information please call: 209-375-2212

Grief & Loss Support Group Treasure Wellness

  • Group is held Thursdays from 6:00-7:30 pm.
  • For more information, please call: 208-515-7661

Grief Support: St. Lukes

  • Lukes offers support groups for those who have lost a loved one.
  • To register and for more information, please call: 208-484-7633

Legacy Life, Grief, and Loss Legacy Hospice Support Groups

  • Provides a safe and caring setting where lives connect and support each other.
  • Boise
    • Every Tuesday at 1:30 pm at Wynwood Assisted Living.
  • Meridian
    • Every Tuesday at 11:00 am
    • Every Thursday at 1:00 pm at Legacy Home Health and Hospice
  • For more information, please call: 208-895-8686

Loss of a Child

Compassionate Friends

  • A nonprofit self-help support group for bereaved parents, grandparents, and siblings. Meets the 2nd Thursday of each month 7:15 pm at St. Lukes Meridian Medical Center
  • For more information, please call: Rae Ann at 208-855-2137

Grief Support Group St. Lukes Labor and Delivery

  • Offering bilingual support
  • For more information, please call 208-706-3160

Grief Support Children & Family Services

  • Receive a packet, newsletter, individual peer support, support groups, and video support for rural families for stillbirth and miscarriages. Spanish materials are available.
  • For more information, please call: 630-541-3901 or 800-432-7437

Helping Parents Heal Crystal Soul Healing Center

  • A unique monthly support gathering for parents who have a child in spirit.
  • For more information, please call: 208-866-2919

Additional Groups

Camp Erin – ELUNA

  • A bereavement camp for children and teens ages 6-17 who have experienced the death of someone close to them.
  • For more information, please call: Mike Seward at 208-791-7192

Willow Center for Grieving Children

  • Provides support to children and teens who are grieving a death.
  • For more information, please call: 208-791-7192

Grief Share Eagle Christian Church

  • A Christ-centered, biblically based seminar support group. Participants do not need to belong to the church. Meets every Tuesday at 7:00-9:00 pm.
  • For more information, please call: Pennie Reininger 208-794-2066

​Loss of an Adult

Hospice of Dayton

  • Pathways of Hope is the grief support service provided by Hospice of Dayton and Hospice of Butler & Warren Counties to anyone who has lost a loved one. Professionally licensed counselors or social workers lead Pathways of Hope grief support groups. Pre-registration is required. There are groups for adults, teens, and children.
  • For more information, please call: 937-258-4991

Crossroads Hospice

  • The Grief Recovery Method® Outreach Program teaches the correct action choices to help people “move beyond” the pain caused by loss. It is a twelve-week program that creates a safe environment in which to look at old beliefs about dealing with loss; to look at what other losses have affected your life; and to take new actions that lead to completion.
  • For more information, please call: 937-312-3170

Loss of a Child

The Compassionate Friends

  • Bereaved parents, siblings, and grandparents meet together to talk, listen, share, and provide each other with emotional support after the devastating death of a child.
  • For more information, please call: 937-640-2621

Dayton Children’s Bereaved Parent Support Group

  • The Grief Recovery Method® Outreach Bereaved Parent Support Group. Families who have experienced their child’s death through accident or illness may participate in group sessions offered in a variety of formats. Extended family and friends are also welcome.
  • For more information, please call: Christy Blankenship and/or Susan Fletcher at 937-641-4780

Dayton Children’s Mental Health Resource Connection

  • The Mental Health Resource Connection program is a service that connects patients and families to available mental health services in the community. The service is administered by social workers experienced in evaluating pediatric mental health needs and the services required to meet those needs. The Mental Health Resource Connection strives to improve the mental health status of children in Dayton Children’s service area.
  • For more information, please call 937-641-4780 or visit childrensdayton.org/mental-health-resource-directory

Oak Tree Corner

  • Provides year-round support for children and teens ages 3-18 that have experienced the death of someone special. An adult parent or caregiver also attends the meetings.
  • For more information, please call: 937-285-0199

Additional Groups

Grief in the Holidays

  • This group meets the first three Tuesdays in November from 1:00–3:00 pm and again from 7:00–9:00 pm.
  • For more information, please call: Wilson Hospice Care at 937-498-9335

Widows Support Group

  • For ages 50+. Meetings the first Friday of every month 3:00–5:00pm at Normandy United Methodist Church.
  • For more information, please call: Sherry Matsel at 937-581-2909

Survivors of Homicide Victims

  • Adult only group sponsored by Montgomery County Prosecutors Office. It meets the second Monday of each month from 6:00–7:15 pm at the Montgomery County Courts Building 2nd Floor.
  • For more information, please call: 937-225-5623

Samaritan Behavioral Health Crises Care

  • 24/7 Adult and Adolescent Support
  • For more information, please call 937-224-4626

​Loss of an Adult

Grief/Bereavement Support

  • The Kaiser Permanente Hospice bereavement program offers grief support to family members served by their hospice program as well as the community. This group meets every 2nd and 4th Wednesday of each month from 4:00–5:30 pm

Adventist Health Grief Support

  • Join with others who are learning to cope and are growing through their pain. Meets the 2nd and 4th Tuesday of each month at 10:30–11:30 am
  • For more information, please call: 503-251-6192 ext. 56425

Legacy Hospice

  • Offers different support groups and classes facilitated by grief professionals in the Portland and McMinnville areas:
  • For more information and for a current schedule of classes, please call:

Loss of a Child

Hayden’s Helping Hands

  • A non-profit foundation dedicated to financially assist parents with medical expenses after the birth of a stillborn baby.
  • For more information, please email: admin@haydenshelpinghands.com

The Compassionate Friends

  • Bereaved parents, siblings, and grandparents meet together to talk, listen, share, and provide each other emotional support after the devastating death of a child.
    • Portland
      • Meetings held the 3rd Tuesday of each month at 7:00 pm at Montavilla Baptist Church, or every 1st Saturday of the month at 10:30 am at First United Methodist Church
      • For more information, please call: 503-248-0102
    • Oregon City
      • Meetings are held the 4th Tuesday of each month at 7:00 pm at Providence Willamette Falls Hospital, Conference Room 6.
      • For more information, please call: 503-655-6846
    • Portland/Beaverton
      • Meetings are held the 2nd Tuesday of each month from 6:30-8:30 pm at Elsie Stuhr Center.
      • For more information, please call: 503-324-2504

Additional Groups

The Doughy Center

  • Provides support in a safe place where children, teens, young adults, and their families grieving a death can share their experiences. Parents should call to schedule an appointment.
  • For more information, please call: 503-775-5683

Me, Too – Oregon Hospice Association

  • A program supporting children and families who have experienced the death of a family member or friend. Three groups are available – Kid’s group ages 5 and up, Teen group up to age 18, and Adult group.
  • For more information, please call: 503-228-2104

Gay Men Together in Grief

  • Offers eight weekly meetings, providing a safe environment for sharing and self-exploration. Creative and memorializing projects also aid in grief expression. Meetings held Tuesdays 6:30–8:00 pm.
  • For more information, please call: 503-220-1000

​Loss of an Adult

Hospice of NW OHIO – Grief 101

  • This is a one-time, two-hour session that is required before attending any meeting. It provides a basic understanding of grief and loss.
  • Coping with Any Loss
    • An interactive grief support group for adults who are adjusting to the loss of any loved one.
    • For more information, please call: 419-661-4001 or 734-568-6801

Mercy Memorial Hospice of Monroe

  • An adult bereavement support group meeting the 1st and 3rd Thursday of each month 10:00 am and 2:00 pm.
  • For more information, please call: 734-240-8944

Memorial Home Health and Hospice Butterfly Patrol

  • Offers support to children ages 5-12. The one-hour workshops are offered 2-3 times a year and parents are asked to attend.
  • For more information, please call: 419-547-6419 or 1-800-413-1555

Bridge Home and Health Hospice Living Through Loss

  • Grief support services for adults, teens, adolescents, and children.
  • For more information, please call: 1-800-982-3306

Loss of a Child

Bereaved Parents Support Group

  • For those who have lost children of all ages. Meets on the 2nd Tuesday of each month at 7:00 pm at the First Presbyterian Church E.
  • Second St. Perrysburg, Ohio.
  • For more information, please call: 419-872-2541

Toledo Hospital Caring and Restoring Each Other

  • Offers support for parents who have suffered a perinatal death: miscarriage, stillbirth, or newborn. Meets on the 3rd Tuesday of each month at 7:30 pm in the Education Center, Room L.
  • For more information, please call: 419-291-9475

St Joseph Church – Our Children Remember

  • This group provides an open nonthreatening Christian environment for parents who have lost a child. Provides initial support to the newly bereaved as well as ongoing support to those further along the bereavement path. Meets the 3rd Wednesday of each month from 7:30–10:00 pm.
  • For more information, please call: 419-882-2676

Fulton County Health Center Helping Other Parents Experiencing Grief (H.O.P.E.)

  • Grief Support. Meets the 3rd Monday of each month at 7:30 pm.
  • For more information, please call: 419-335-2015 ext. 2504

Additional Groups

Fulton County Health Center Suicide Support Group

  • Open to those who have lost a loved one to suicide. Meets the 3rd Monday of each month at 6:00 pm.
  • For more information, please call: 419-335-2015

Hospice of NW Ohio

  • Mid-Life Spousal or Partner Loss
    • Open to any man or woman who has experienced the death of a partner or spouse during their mid-life years.
  • Holiday in Grief Workshop
    • Open to adults and children who are facing the winter holidays and trying to cope with loss.
  • For more information, please call: 419-661-4001 or 734-568-6801

Bridge Home Health and Hospice Group S.T.A.R.

  • This group provides focused activities to help kids ages 6-12, learn more about and share feelings of grief in a safe, accepting environment.
  • For more information, please call: 1-800-982-3306

Good Grief of Northwest Ohio, Inc.

  • Provides support for grieving children, teens, young adults, and their families who have experienced the death of someone significant in their lives.
  • For more information, please call: 419-360-4939