Why Nariah’s Way Foundation is Important
Vision
Research has shown that unresolved grief and the inability of a young person to cope with the death of a loved one plays a significant role in poor school performance, alcohol and drug abuse, depression, anxiety and an increased risk of suicide.
Our vision is to provide grief care to support children coping with grief in a healthy way.
Services
Nariah’s Way Foundation is a 501 (c) 3 Organization that provides FREE grief services which includes:
Grief Support:
We specialize in: breaking the isolation children feel after a death, Introduce peers who can personally relate, Provide mentorship & therapeutic services. We also identify healthy coping skills for managing grief.
Youth Empowerment:
Youth Empowerment is a process in which children and young people are encouraged to take charge of their lives. Our Youth Empowerment activities include mindset building, basic life skills, team building, & entrepreneurship.
Education Toolbox:
We believe that it’s important for the surviving parent/caregiver to be educated on grief as well as children. While each children’s group is meeting, their surviving parent(s) or caregivers meet in a separate group with a licensed counselor. This is an opportunity to share the concerns and fears families and friends are facing at home, and to support one another. We will provide additional resources if needed.
For new families, we will provide our Caregiver Survival Checklist. After a loss, we understand that everything is a blur. We have created a checklist to provide focus and organization for your family during this difficult time. Ideally, these items should be addressed within a week after the loved one has been buried.
Throughout the years of providing grief services to families, we recognized the lack of knowledge and resources low-income communities had with other issues such as health equity and social justice equity. For the past year, we have been community connectors by providing health and social justice equity in our education programs.