Community Initiative
We are
embarking on an exciting new initiative to bring our model of providing peer
support to the inner city of Miami. Although historically our CBC model
has focused on loss due to death, for this initiative, we are broadening our
work to include loss in general. We know that loss comes in many
forms. All of which can so deeply impact a child, family and
community.
With our
broader vision of offering peer support for loss, kids and families that are
struggling with an absent parent, loss of a home, frequent moves, incarceration
and instability can find support in sharing with one another.
Our
engagement with the Overtown/Liberty City communities involves gaining their
trust and acceptance. To this end it is imperative to work with existing
community organizations.
Throughout
the summer we worked closely with Touching Miami with Love to provide staff
training and experiential groups as well as peer support groups for the kids
participating in their summer programs. We learned that the kids are so
very open to sharing their life experiences when given a safe and supportive
environment.
With our 18 years of grief group
experience, we are ready to meet the needs of the broader community by giving
them what we know how to do …. Offering a safe, consistent space where kids and
adults can feel the comfort of others and find hope in the wake of loss.
Kathy O.
Kramer, LCSW, CT
Program
Director
Children’s
Bereavement Center
305-668-4902
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