GPS Community Programs

GPS for Bereavement and Loss

Grief touches every life, and the organizations that walk alongside grieving individuals know how deep, complex, and isolating it can feel. Whether supporting families after the loss of a loved one, helping communities process a tragedy, or providing ongoing care for those carrying long-term grief, organizations need tools that are compassionate, adaptable, and sustainable.

Compassionate Support for Grief and Healing

GPS for Bereavement and Loss equips your organization with a proven, trauma-informed, peer-led model that expands your capacity to serve grieving communities. We provide facilitator training, tailored curriculum, and ongoing support so your staff, volunteers, or community leaders can confidently hold safe, structured spaces where grief is honored, healing is nurtured, and resilience is built.

GPS integrates seamlessly into existing services—whether hospice care, community centers, schools, faith-based programs, or counseling initiatives—helping you extend your reach and impact with evidence-based group support.

How GPS for Bereavement and Loss Helps

GPS strengthens the ability of organizations to meet grieving individuals and families with empathy, structure, and cultural sensitivity. Our approach is not about “fixing” grief, but about creating spaces that hold it, honor it, and help people feel less alone.

Safe and Compassionate Spaces
Provide structured, trauma-informed group environments where participants can express grief openly, without stigma or pressure to “move on.”
Connection Through Shared Experience
Break isolation by helping individuals find solidarity and support with others navigating similar loss.
Tools for Healing and Growth
Equip your team to introduce practical, evidence-based techniques—such as reflective listening, grounding practices, and GPS Realities & Principles—that foster resilience and self-compassion.
Leadership and Empowerment
Train facilitators from within your organization or community, building sustainable leadership capacity that multiplies long-term impact.
Spiritually Respectful and Inclusive
Honor cultural and spiritual dimensions of grief, ensuring group support reflects the beliefs and values of diverse populations.
Scalable and Sustainable
Easily integrate GPS groups into your existing programs without heavy infrastructure investment—making it a cost-effective, lasting resource.

With GPS, no one has to face grief alone — and no one has to lead alone, either.

Why Choose GPS for Bereavement and Loss?

Grief looks different for everyone, and organizations need approaches that reflect that complexity. GPS offers a flexible, culturally responsive framework that adapts to your setting, your community, and the unique kinds of loss you encounter.

Here’s why partner organizations trust GPS:

Respect for the Full Spectrum of Grief
GPS groups can address sudden loss, collective grief from community trauma, long-term caregiving-related grief, and more.
Grounded in Humanity, Not Hierarchy
Our peer-led model empowers facilitators to lead with presence, compassion, and humility, honoring grief as a human experience rather than a problem to solve.
Cultural Humility and Inclusion
GPS emphasizes diversity and equity, ensuring grief support is accessible and relevant across cultural and spiritual contexts.
Adaptable for Many Settings
Designed for use in hospices, schools, faith-based communities, health centers, or virtual platforms—wherever your organization serves.
Training That Multiplies Impact
Equip grief counselors, chaplains, and community leaders with the frameworks and skills to support others sustainably.
Evidence-Based With Proven Outcomes
GPS draws on more than 15 years of experience in trauma-informed, peer-led group support. Our model has demonstrated effectiveness across diverse communities, ensuring that your organization can provide grief support that is not only compassionate but also grounded in practices shown to reduce isolation, foster resilience, and promote healing.

By choosing GPS, your organization gains a trusted partner in creating spaces where grief is respected, healing is possible, and community is strengthened.

“As a chaplain and grief counselor, I often work in isolation, with few colleagues to share the journey. GPS has provided me with tools, language, and frameworks to approach grief and emotional challenges with greater confidence and grounding. GPS taught me how to acknowledge emotions as teachers rather than adversaries.”
David A., Bereavement Coordinator
“Having a GPS group can sometimes offer you support you need, when you can find it anywhere else.”
GPS For Bereavement and Loss support group participant
“GPS also walks a beautiful line with spirituality, offering tools that feel both practical and deeply meaningful. As a grief counselor, this has helped me communicate more effectively with those I support and has strengthened my leadership.”
GPS-trained Chaplain and Grief Counselor
“I didn’t realize so much was going to come out regarding my emotional feeling of grief. Yet, it was common among the group. It felt good to be able to share about my grief.”
GPS support group participant

Offering Bereavement Support to a Range of Populations

In addition to general grief and loss support, your organization can use the GPS model for people navigating a wide range of circumstances, including:

Community Loss: Support for communities grieving collective tragedies, fostering healing and solidarity.
GPS For Brighter Days: Groups designed to address the unique challenges of losing a life partner, for those over 55.
Pregnancy, Infant, and Baby Loss: Compassionate support for parents grieving the loss of a child during pregnancy or infancy.
Primary Partner or Family Member Loss: Groups for individuals mourning the loss of close family members or primary partners, creating a space for shared understanding and healing.