Felton Institute LOSS
Cause Area
- Advocacy & Human Rights
- Community
- Crisis Support
Location
1005 Atlantic AveAlameda, CA 94501 United StatesOrganization Information
Mission Statement
Suicide is a painful, emotional, and stigmatizing health crisis. For many, suicide deaths are violent, shocking, and can bring on a complicated grief to friends, family and loved ones. One way to support those grieving a person who has died by suicide is through the help and hope of a LOSS Team. A LOSS Team is composed of individuals who have themselves endured the challenges of losing a person to suicide. Members of the LOSS Team are available to provide post-vention support and resources to bereaved loved ones after a sudden loss to suicide. A LOSS team brings compassion to action and can instill HOPE to those impacted by suicide.
Description
The LOSS team is primarily made up of other survivors of suicide and can serve as a guidepost for the newly bereaved in their process of grief and recovery.
LOSS is a vital and impactful service within the Marin County Suicide Collaborative and part of the key framework of postvention in Marin County’s Suicide Prevention Strategic plan providing those who have lost someone to suicide with immediate assistance. This program is an active peer model of postvention made up of a team of trained survivors and professionals working together as LOSS team volunteers.