Grief Support
Collective for Hope provides free, peer-based grief support programs designed for children, teens, and adults navigating loss. Our programs create safe spaces for connection, growth, and shared experiences. With a variety of group styles and topics tailored to different types of loss, we work to ensure that no one has to grieve alone.
Grief Support Groups
Collective for Hope’s Grief Support Groups provide welcoming, affinity, and peer-based spaces for people navigating the death of someone significant. Each group centers a particular type of loss—whether a partner, child, parent, friend, or pet—and honors the distinct ways those relationships shape our grief. Guided by trained facilitators, participants gather to share their stories, explore complex emotions, and offer mutual support in an environment free from judgment or pressure. Whether the loss occurred recently or years ago, our support groups remind participants that their grief matters—and that growth is possible when we’re not alone.
Suicide Loss Survivors
Adults Helping Adults
Pregnancy & Infant Loss
Suicide Loss Survivors
The Suicide Loss Survivors Group is a peer-based support space for adults who have lost someone to suicide. This group acknowledges the layered, often complicated grief that follows suicide, grief that can carry shame, guilt, anger, confusion, and unanswered questions. In this space, survivors find support from others who can relate. With gentle facilitation, the group explores ways to honor the person who died, process the pain of their absence, and carry forward with resilience and compassion.
Next Session
Second and Fourth Thursdays
(Each Month)
Time
6:30 pm — 8:00 pm (Central Time)
Location
7811 Farnam Drive, Omaha, NE 68114
Adults Helping Adults
Adults Helping Adults (AHA) is an adult-only support group for individuals aged 19 to 99 who are grieving the death of someone significant in their life. It offers a space to process emotions, remember and honor your person, and build meaningful connections with others who understand. Here, you can openly express your grief in a safe and compassionate environment, surrounded by a supportive and validating community of fellow grievers.
Next Session
First Thursday of each month
(Monthly)
Time
6:30 pm – 8:00 pm (Central Time)
Social Supper 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm
Location
7811 Farnam Drive, Omaha, NE 68114
Pregnancy & Infant Loss
The Pregnancy & Infant Loss Grief (PAIL) Group provides compassionate support for individuals and families grieving the loss of a pregnancy, stillbirth, or infant (up to one year old). This peer-based group acknowledges the deep, personal nature of reproductive grief and creates space for honest, tender conversations around loss, identity, hope, and remembrance. Whether you're a parent, partner, or grandparent, this group offers a community that understands, where love is honored, and grief is never minimized.
Next Session
Second and Fourth Thursdays
(Each Month)
Time
6:30 pm – 8:00 pm (Central Time)
Location
7811 Farnam Drive, Omaha, NE 68114
Grief Support Series
Collective for Hope’s Grief Support Series offers curriculum-based group experiences that guide participants through a multi-week program series. Designed for those ready to engage more intentionally with their grief, these series create consistency, trust, and meaningful progress over time. Led by a trained facilitator, each session blends age-appropriate discussion, creative expression, and peer support to help individuals and families process loss together or in parallel. Whether you're facing the impending death of a loved one, grieving a child lost to illness, or supporting a child through loss, our Grief Support Series programs provide a compassionate structure for reflection, growth, and resilience.
Family Support Series
Adult Bereavement Support Series
Pediatric Cancer Loss Series
Family Support Series
Our 8-week Family Bereavement Support Group provides a structured and immersive experience for families ready to engage more deeply in their grief journey. In this curriculum-based program, the same families meet for all eight sessions, fostering trust, connection, and meaningful progress. Guided by trained facilitators, adults and youth as young as 3 years old participate in separate, developmentally-appropriate groups, exploring key grief-related topics that promote healing, resilience, and growth.
Next Session
Mondays, October 27th - December 15th
(Mondays)
Time
6:30 pm – 7:45 pm (Central Time)
Every Monday for 8 Weeks
Location
7811 Farnam Drive, Omaha, NE 68114
Adult Bereavement Support Series
Our 8-week Adult Bereavement Support Series offers a structured and compassionate space for grieving adults ready to engage more intentionally with their grief. This curriculum-based program brings together the same group of participants each week, fostering consistency, trust, and deeper connections. Guided by trained facilitators, each session explores key grief-related themes that support healing, resilience, and personal growth. Whether navigating recent or long-held loss, participants are invited into a shared journey of reflection, understanding, community, and hope.
Next Session
Tuesdays, October 28th - December 16th
(Tuesdays)
Time
6:30 pm – 8:00 pm (Central Time)
Every Tuesday for 8 Weeks
Location
7811 Farnam Drive, Omaha, NE 68114
Pediatric Cancer Loss Series
In partnership with Angels Among Us, this 8-week bereavement support series in partnership with Angels Among Us is facilitated by Collective for Hope and hosted at the Harper Hope Center is for adults grieving the death of a child due to pediatric cancer. It offers a compassionate space to connect with others, share stories, and navigate grief together. Participants can attend in person with free on-site childcare or join virtually via Zoom for added flexibility.
Next Session
October 27th — December 15th
(Mondays)
Time
6:00 pm – 8:00 pm (Central Time)
Location
Harper Hope Center
Creation. Connection. Community.
We believe in fostering belonging, understanding, and hope by providing responsive and creative programming to meet the evolving needs of our community. Our Special Programs and Workshops bring diverse offerings, from expressive arts to mindfulness experiences, created in partnership with local artists and wellness specialists. Our Community Response program provides immediate, compassionate grief support and education for schools, workplaces, and community groups experiencing loss, ensuring timely resources and guidance. Additionally, our Youth Programming offers intentional, engaging spaces for grieving youth to express their emotions, build peer connections, and discover resilience through creative activities, adventure-based excursions, and retreats.
Special Workshops & Programs
Community Response — Grief 101
Youth Drop-Off Programming
Special Workshops & Programs
The Collective for Hope periodically offers special programs and workshops designed to enrich and support your grief journey through unique, creative, and reflective experiences. Partnering with local artists and creative specialists, we provide safe spaces to explore grief through reflection, expression, connection, and hope. These programs celebrate the simple act of creating, finding meaning, and building connections.
Next Session
October - December 2025
Time
Varies
Location
7811 Farnam Drive, Omaha, NE 68114
Community Response — Grief 101
Our community response program, Grief 101, offers immediate, compassionate support to schools, organizations and community groups navigating the impact of a recent death or collective loss. This one-time, grief-informed session provides education about the natural grief process, normalizes a wide range of emotional reactions and offers concrete tools for mutual support. Facilitated by trained grief professionals, Grief 101 helps communities begin to process their grief together, creating a bridge between immediate emotional needs and longer-term healing. Whether responding to the loss of a student, employee, colleague, or loved one, this offering brings compassion, education, and hope in moments when it’s needed most.
Youth Drop-off Programming
Created especially for children, tweens, and teens, these programs offer a warm and welcoming space for grieving young people to gather, reflect, and connect with others who understand. Participants are invited to explore their emotions through art, expression, and community. Seasonal experiences—such as outdoor adventures, overnight retreats, and other special gatherings—offer meaningful opportunities for discovery, growth, and joy. These programs honor each young person’s unique grief journey while encouraging connection, meaning-making, and the simple power of being together.
Gifts of Hope
We offer weighted bears and thoughtfully recommend makers who create comforting items and meaningful keepsakes to support you on your grief journey.
Resources
To best serve the people we work with, we maintain an online list of resources that may help you navigate your grief journey. From navigating suicide prevention to surviving infant loss, we aim to provide a full spectrum of grief support resources.
Experiences of Hope
This is a safe place to be heard with the struggles we are currently experiencing.
Suicide Loss Group Participant