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Grief Support Resources for Youth & Families After Suicide Loss
- Mili Mehta
- Apr 14
- 3 min read
Updated: Apr 15
Losing someone to suicide is an incredibly painful experience, and the grief that follows can feel heavy, confusing, and unpredictable. It can show up as sadness, guilt, anger — or sometimes, in physical ways like exhaustion, headaches, or tightness in your chest.
Everyone grieves differently, and there’s no set timeline for how long it lasts. Whether you’re a young person coping with loss, a parent supporting a grieving child, or a trusted adult looking for tools to help, support is available.
Below are trusted grief support resources for youth, families, and community allies after suicide loss. While these resources are not a substitute for professional care, they can help open up conversations, reduce isolation, and support the path toward healing.
Find our recommended grief support resources for children, teens, young adults, and their families, as well as broader community allies, after suicide loss below.
For a full list of grief resources, including book recommendations, for survivors of suicide, visit our toolkits for youth & families, schools, or health providers.
Grief Support Resources for Youth After Suicide Loss
A national leader in grief support offering resources across ages, including kids, teens, and young adults
An interactive space for teens and young adults to share stories, express emotions, and find support through video, writing, and reflection prompts. The org also offers on-demand support via live chat, text, email, or phone call.
What's Your Grief: Teen Grief Resources > A grief education site with articles, advice, and insights written specifically for and about teens and young adults.
A nonprofit providing peer-support programs to help children and teens navigate grief, loss, and family transitions. Programs are available in-person and online.
Grief Support Resources for Parents and Families After Suicide Loss
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A national leader in grief support offering resources, including tips for how to explain suicide loss to youth, for families, schools, and broader community allies.
National nonprofit dedicated to ending the tragedy of suicide through education, training, advocacy, and supporting suicide loss survivors.
Provides ongoing, peer-led support groups, online and in-person, for anyone who has lost a loved one to suicide.
A national nonprofit offering free support groups, newsletters, and resources for families who have lost someone to suicide.
A national nonprofit, with over 50 chapters nationwide as well as online communities, that offers peer-led support for families grieving the loss of a child, including from suicide.
A national network connecting parents, caregivers, and other adult allies to appropriate grief resources for children and teens.
Grief Support Resources for Community Allies, including Schools and Health Providers, After Suicide Loss
A national leader in grief support offering resources, training & workshops for youth-serving professionals, and community response & support information and consulting services
A federally funded resource hub that provide suicide loss response tools for schools, mental health providers, and organizations to support survivors and reduce risk of contagion.
An academic center focused on child bereavement in schools. Offers training, toolkits, and consultation services for school staff supporting grieving students.
A collaboration between leading education organizations and professionals to offer free resources, including evidence-based video modules and downloadable materials to help school communities support grieving students.
>> For a full list of grief resources, including book recommendations, for survivors of suicide, visit our toolkits for youth & families, schools, or health providers.
