The Nation’s Center for the Advancement of Bereavement Care
U.S. Covid-19 Deaths Top 250,000 WSJ – https://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/covid-2020-11-18 – Bereavement Leave Legislation Fails Again in California CBS Sacramento – Bereaved families are ‘the secondary victims of COVID-19’ The Philadelphia Tribune – President-elect Joe Biden knows the pain of grief — and that makes him the leader America needs right now Business Insider
The Petition
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White House Office of
Bereavement Care
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The Petition
Please Join Us to Establish the First Ever
White House Office of
Bereavement Care
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EMPLOYERS
ARE LEADING CHANGE
The Employers Bereavement Leave Pledge
As our nation faces the COIVD-19, drug overdoses, suicide and mass gun violence events, employers are forced to acknowledge bereavement and its implications for families, while staying solvent and productive. To provide employers guidance on bereavement leave policies, we have developed four recommendations that employers can use to ease employees back into the workplace and create a culture of goodwill.
A national conversation on how the death of a loved one impacts us all
SPECIAL SUMMIT GUESTS
Ken Feinberg
Victim Compensation Advocate and Attorney
Key Administrator of the 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund
Casey Affleck
Academy Award-Winning Actor
Mass Casualty Victim Advocate
Jenna Kirkpatrick
Poet, Educator and
Evermore Advocate
Maya Rockeymoore Cummings, PhD
Speaker,Writer,Strategist
Founder of Global Policy Solutions
Cindy McCain
Wife of Senator John McCain
Vanessa Kirby
Actress, Star of
“Pieces of a Woman”
Ellen Burstyn
Academy Award-winning Actress,
Star of “Pieces of a Woman”
When You Lose Someone Like That
Written by Steve Seskin and Seth Glier
For the Inaugural Summit ForEvermore: Advancing Bereavement Care for All
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Our Priorities
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BEREAVEMENT RESEARCH SAVES LIVES
Bereavement causes significant health declines, even premature death among some survivors, including bereaved parents, siblings and spouses. Yet, our nation spends little to no funding to support the health of family members in the aftermath. We need to better understand the implications of bereavement and how to prevent associated health outcomes.
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MEANINGFUL AND TAILORED SUPPORT PROGRAMS FOR FAMILIES
Families from all walks of life, all races, all religions and all pockets of the United States should have access to programs that stabilize families and stem health declines. Losing a child to inner city street violence is different than losing an aging father to suicide in rural America. All families, regardless of wealth, geography, religion, culture, race or cause of death, have different needs and require tailored supports and resources.
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QUALITY EDUCATION & RESOURCES FOR PROFESSIONALS
Working with bereaved families before, during and after the death of a loved one takes remarkable resolve and compassion. Whether it is law enforcement, medical staff, first responders or death investigators, professionals need more resources to help families cope with the death, its aftermath and the secondary traumas that may ensue. Resources may include how to provide death notification, transition a rescue attempt to a crime scene or how professionals themselves cope with the stresses, traumas and the emotional intensity of the job.
