OUR HOUSE Grief Support Center is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization founded with the mission to provide the community with grief support services, education, resources, and hope. For three decades, OUR HOUSE has helped thousands of children, teens, and adults in Los Angeles County find healing after the death of someone close. We provide essential grief support that recognizes the universality of grief and normalizes grief emotions. Our vision is to create a world in which grief is embraced, understood, and respected.
OUR HOUSE recognizes that each person’s grief is unique in its intensity and duration, and that commonalities of experience strengthen the value of a grief support group in helping to address the symptoms of grief. Our programs have grown with the needs of the community, serving a diverse population of grievers throughout Greater Los Angeles. We are committed to making grief support available to families with limited financial and transportation resources, as well as other life challenges, particularly in our programs that serve children and Spanish-speaking adults, most of whom are from low-income households. Our work currently comprises four core service areas:
- Grief support groups for children, teens, and adults in English and Spanish at our West L.A. and Woodland Hills centers and 80 satellite sites, including public school and community partner locations throughout Los Angeles County.
- Camp Erin grief camp weekends for children, teens, and their grown-ups.
- Grief education for teachers, doctors, nurses, medical students, mental health professionals, social workers, and clergy
- On-site grief responses for short-term support after a death in a business or school.
The OUR HOUSE Board of Directors meets 5 times each year to review financial statements, fundraising milestones, governance issues, and progress on the Strategic Plan among other timely items. Each Board member participates on at least one committee – Finance, Fund Development, Governance, Strategic Planning – and commits to an annual give-get of $10,000 plus participation in OUR HOUSE’s signature fundraising events.
To learn more about OUR HOUSE Grief Support Center, we invite you to peruse our 2022-2023 Annual Report: https://www.ourhouse-grief.org/aboutus/annual-report/
