Vision

Our vision is to reach the people in Central Texas, urban and rural, young and old, who are experiencing the symptoms of all types of grief: loss due to death, loss due to divorce, loss due to care giving, loss due to reproductive health issues, loss due to chromic illness, loss due to incarceration of a loved one, pet loss, disenfranchised and ambiguous grief, loss due to substance misuse, loss due to loss of a parent or spouse or other loved one, to offer counseling, support groups, in school grief support groups, a children's summer camp, therapy groups, and workshops for professionals. All of the services pertain to the area of grief, loss, trauma, and crisis. We also train graduate student interns from 7 universities to become therapists in the area of grief and loss.

Goals

1. 1.We are expanding in the rural counties and partnering with local community based organizations to train community members to facilitate grief and loss support groups and to become school based facilitators who run our free grief and loss groups. We are also producing curriculum for additional support groups such as Men Mentoring Men Through Grief.
2. 2.Several school districts have asked us to produce curriculum and to run support groups for their families, staff, teachers and counselors. We are producing materials to assist these shareholders. We are seeking funding to allow us to respond to the needs and requests as the schools encounter more tragic loss in the schools.
3. 3.We seek Business partners and community partners to help us increase our capacity to respond to all types of grief, loss, crisis, and trauma in Central Texas. This year, we have been asked to create and offer crisis support groups within work places, hospice facilities, and art / music communities and organizations. We want to further our ability to advocate for resources in the community,