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Services
(Adopted
from the Association of SIDS and Infant Mortality Programs (ASIP):
Standard for Services to Families)
Grief
Support for Bereaved Families – The Alliance offers quality
support services to bereaved families.
These services are intended to provide accurate information
to the family about the cause of death, to offer anticipatory
guidance about the grief experience, and to introduce the family
to available support services.
Methodology
utilized: Literature;
Peer Support (Support Groups); Individual/Family Counseling
(Outside Resources Provided); and, upon request the
Alliance
can match a newly bereaved family with a peer contact.
SIDS
Risk Reduction Education Program -
The
Alliance
offers education for caregivers, health care providers and first
responders—to include law enforcement, fire and ambulance
personnel—thus better enabling them to respond in a more
supportive manner to families who have experienced a sudden infant
death.
The
Alliance
is also available for community presentations to target
populations: new and
expectant parents, grandparents, communities with higher risk for
infant mortality, and interested others.
Funeral
Assistance Support – The
Alliance
makes available a listing of Funeral Homes that provide services
for the indigent within
Tarrant
County
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